Daim’s prophecy “just in time reprieve’ for BN

Once discarded political 'clairvoyant' Economic Advisor Daim Zainuddin is now Barisan Nasional's 'great shaman' having issued uplifting forecasts.

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The mainstream media (MSM) seems to have lapped up the ‘life changing’ predictions spewed by former Economic Advisor Daim Zainuddin recently.

The interview with Daim is a just-in-time reprieve for Barisan Nasional (BN). He gave Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak an A++ for his transformation plans.

And yes, he said there was a possibility of  Selangor being won, maybe because so many Kampucheans usually residing in Pekan had their addresses transplanted in Selangor and were given immediate ICs.

There were many many more morsels strewn by Daim for reporters to pick up, but like in all previous interviews, they were largely ignored.
They (MSM reporters) wanted to hear only nice things.

But here’s the thing. The reporters get to see Daim maybe once a year. They don’t have the feel on Daim’s thinking.

They can’t detect his nuances, his thought flows and subtle messages.

If readers remember, a few weeks ago, I wrote that  I get to see the Oracle on average once a month. The oracle is Daim’s alter ego and what he says reflects what the man himself is thinking.

Losses in Sabah, Sarawak

I wrote that article with a specific purpose – to preempt whatever lies and spins  published by the MSM.

So let me repeat what the Oracle said was Daim’s thinking on the politics of East Malaysia.

Why East Malaysia? Because the BN seems to be stuck with the idea that East Malaysia is their fixed deposit.

They don’t know that if the East Malaysians have their way, they would rather kick the ass of Semanjung people out of Sabah and Sarawak.

So before the MSM do some blatant spinning, let me  repeat what Daim thinks is going to happen in East Malaysia.

In Sarawak, the BN may lose up to 16 parliamentary seats and in Sabah up to 12.

Both the great helmsmen – Musa Aman in Sabah and Taib Mahmud in Sarawak – have grown weary of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s double face dealings.

The wife (Rosmah Mansor) does her thing to mollycoddle Musa, while Najib strokes Shapie Apdal.

No need for Umno, BN

So Musa is taking what Najib says at face value only and has come to realize that he can continue ruling Sabah even not on BN ticket.

He may be the very person behind the moves taken by Lajim Ukin, Beaufort MP.

Lajim, an east Sabah Umno warlord, had caused a stir late last year with speculations that he would quit Umno and join another smaller party SPF (Sabah Peoples Front).

In Sarawak, the great Pek Moh (Taib) knows he absolutely doesn’t need Umno to win the state.

He proved that in the last elections by winning all the seats contested by his party, something which Umno cannot achieve.

He knows full well, he can win Sarawak on his own. Now here’s  the fearsome thing – as he can win Sarwak, so too can he take his party out of BN.

He has said privately “we will see who is going to retire first” referring to Najib’s various very public and arm twisting exhortations asking Taib to go.

The writer is a former Umno state assemblyman and has now joined DAP.