RULE NO 1 : NO NAMES OR NAMES CHANGED.
By Murray Hunter
Even if one doesn’t agree with the policies of a political leader, it’s always sad to see their demise. One feature of any Westminster system is that leaders usually fall hard. A former leader Joh Bjelke-Peterson governed as Queensland premier for a decade. When his party lost confidence in him, Joh locked himself in the premier’s office suite for a week before he was talked out.
'Please la Y_s_f' came into office with many people having high hopes for him, but today he appears an isolated and almost broken man physically,
We don’t know how his time as p---e minister will actually end. What we do know, these are the early days of the process of decoupling him from office he has grown to enjoy. The early signs of his demise are already there.
Signs that it is the beginning of the end
On the Facebook page of the YDPA Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, more than a 1,000 Facebook users spelled out their displeasure of 'Please la Y_s_f' . At a roundtable session, former Prime Ministers Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin; former Deputy Chief Minister of Penang, Prof Dr P. Ramasamy; HINDRAF President, Waytha Moorthy; Kota Bharu Member of Parliament, Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan; former Speaker of the Senate, Tan Sri Rais Yatim and Parti Pejuang Information Chief, Rafique Rashid asked that he resign.
The resignations of R___zi R_mli and N_k N__mi N_k A__ad as ministers in his cabinet took him by surprise, even though the challenges against both of them in the PGayR elections were ‘managed’ by he himself. This has fractured the party, while the election of his daughter as PGayR deputy president led to calls of nepotism.
The announcement of two losers as the PGayR election chiefs led to ridicule, as both lost their parliamentary seats during the last general election.
The announcement of the new sales and service taxes (SST) to commence on July 1 heightened peoples’ anguish about the current cost of living and insufficient incomes. The move made by 'Please la Y_s_f', who is also fi--nce minister has led to suggestions government budgetary policy decisions are made ad hoc.
However, the most important sign the end of his tenure as p---e minister is quickly coming to an end is the upcoming civil case, where Two Guns has accused him of sexual assault. If the affidavits become public and it is perceived as credible, then he will be in an untenable position as p---e minister. This is enough to break his hold on the p---e ministership, as such an allegation if shown to be true, makes him morally unfit to hold the office. His lame attempts to stop the trial through claims of immunity are just incriminating. Those ‘in the know’ of what may come out have already moved away from him.
When a government increases censorship, cracks down on freedom of speech and prosecutes those who criticize the leader, are strong indicators that the end of a regime is close.
News headlines saying that he has 55% support, the economy is healthy, growth is up and inflation is down don’t match reality. What the media says about the government isn’t believable anymore.
Everyone was conned when he made his first visit to China and came back claiming he had received RM 170 billon in investment back in 2023. Once bitten, twice shy. Malaysians are not gullible to fall for this trick a second time. Some online portals continue to carry ‘goodtime’ stories that things are fine under him. People are not reading and watching RTM and Bernama propaganda anyone. FMT readership has just fallen in a massive heap since their editorial line became pro-government.
There are so many apple-polishing commentators, academics, and journalists out there who are trying to tell you how good the government is. They condemn anyone who criticizes him or his government to the point that one day, when he is no more p---e minster, their own careers as political analysts will be finished and they will be forgotten.
There are now a lot of pieces in the news saying ‘reformasi is not dead’. Once again this is trying to make promises to the Rakyat who have lost all trust in 'Please la Y_s_f'. They know the end is very near.
The end game
His cabinet is unworkable now. He doesn’t talk to his deputy p---e minister, and many PGayR and Dumb @$$ Party ministers are just ‘dead weight’ in the cabinet. The reality is he doesn’t have a workable government anymore.
Its not easy to correctly predict when and how he will no longer be p---e minister. What is sure, he won’t be p---e minister leading into the next general election.
There is no chance of there being any vote of no confidence in the parliament, and no one challenging is him as leader in PGayR.
He remains in office at the pleasure of the YDPA. The YDPA can appoint a new p___e minister who he believes has the confidence of the majority of members in the Dewan Rakyat.
Watch closely here. Pleasure can turn into displeasure and there are other members who can be perceived to have the confidence of the majority of members of the Dewan Rakyat. That’s all that is needed to change the p---e minister. The super majority in the Dewan Rakyat is an illusion only. It can be turned upside down very easily.
We know that between the years 2020-2021, this is how p---e ministers can be changed. 'Please la Y_s_f' is seriously concerned.
