THE Perak PAS youth wing has some advice for Barisan Nasional (BN) state assembly members "angry" with their menteri besar - push for a vote of no-confidence against the MB and table a motion in the state assembly to pave the way for fresh state elections.
But the wing, through its deputy head Dr Raja Ahmad Iskandar Al Hiss, is double quick to stress, that is the option, if talk of the BN assembly members' "anger" towards the Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir is true. The key word being "if".
Political talk (call it rumours if you want) in Perak have it that some BN state reps are planning to "jump ship, cross over to Pakatan Rakyat and topple the BN state government".
If that happens it would be a repeat, albeit in reverse, of what happened in 2009 when the Pakatan government was toppled by the BN following the crossover of three of its assembly members.
Pakatan had won Perak in the 2008 general election, winning 31 seats compared to BN's 28. But in the recent GE13 , BN retained power by also registering a 31 seat win, with PR winning 28. A reverse of the 2008 results. Nonetheless, it is a slim three seat majority.
Such a situation is shaky for the BN and talk of its assembly members crossing over can be "worrying" for the coalition. So back to the big question – is it true?
Perak BN has rubbished the talk, dismissing it as a "Pakatan Rakyat ploy".
However, said a political observer in Perak , there are wakil rakyat from Umno not happy with Zambry after they were 'overlooked' for the state exco posts.
"Umno sources claim that two senior assembly members – Datuk Nasarudin Hashim of Bota and Datuk Kushairi Talib of Slim, are disgruntled with the way Zambry went about picking his exco. Kushairi, mind you is also Perak Umno secretary. The MB had said he would choose his exco according to districts but it was not to be.
"Instead of choosing the duo, Zambry picked junior Adun. I think that sparked off the whole thing. But they came out in the open to deny and blamed it on a Pakatan Rakyat ploy."
He went on to say, "but most of the ketua bahagian (Umno division heads) are not in the good books of Zambry. He also can't see eye to eye with (Datuk Seri Ahamd) Husni Hanadzlah (second finance minister), who is the Perak Umno deputy chief. Zambry is allied to (Datuk Seri) Nazri Aziz and (Datuk Seri) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. None of Husni's men are in the exco and that really irked Husni."
Hence the talk of crossovers, talk which is still making the rounds despite the BN denial and blaming it on the PR. Hence also the Perak PAS youth's "advice"' to "unhappy" BN assembly members.
And the wing also has "words of advice" for the state Pakatan leadership.
"If the crossover is true we do not agree that this is the way to topple the BN government and win power. What happened in early 2009 to us when we were toppled with the crossovers of our assembly members must be taken as a lesson for us.
"The BN had incurred the wrath of the people then. So we must not incur the same wrath of the rakyat," said Raja Ahmad in a statement issued recently.
To him, the "unhappiness of the BN assembly members towards the leadership of Datuk Seri Zambry is their problem, which do not concern us". Still, he cannot resist giving his "advice" for the "disgruntled" BN reps to go for a no-confidence vote against the MB and push for fresh state elections.
But first thing’s first – is the crossover a threat? Empty talk? Or real?
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