A Bipartisan Government Is What The Raja-Raja Melayu Want

 

Once and for all the world will see that Anwar is not really the messiah after all and that he is just good at talking but cannot deliver. Malaysians will learn that just because a certain politician knows how to talk that does not mean he can also work. And Malaysians will suffer for another year, after which I can tell them “I told you so!”

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

What the anti-Muhyiddin Yassin gang in Umno and Pakatan Harapan refuse to admit is that the bipartisan government (or kerajaan perpaduan/unity government) is what the Raja-Raja Melayu want.

Anwar Ibrahim’s spin-doctors are spreading the narrative that the Raja-Raja Melayu are unanimous in support of the prime-minister-in-waiting taking over from Muhyiddin. And they are saying this is going to happen early next week.

The story is, Anwar has gone round all nine palaces and have bought all the Raja-Raja Melayu, Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong included. How much were each of these nine or ten Raja paid? They do not say, other than it is a huge sum of money.

Are they suggesting that the Sultans of Selangor and Johor are also receiving a bribe from Anwar? Yes, this is what they are suggesting, but I do not believe this is true because the Selangor and Johor Royal Houses are wealthy and do not need a bribe from Anwar.

But why would the Raja-Raja Melayu support a bipartisan government, kerajaan perpaduan or unity government?

Simple. The first reason is because the Agong cannot sack the prime minister or force him to resign. Only parliament can sack the prime minister, and this must be done via a vote of no confidence.

Second, the Raja-Raja Melayu do not think a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin will pass because the opposition has not yet agreed on who will replace him if a vote of no confidence succeeds.

The opposition says the issue of successor is not important. All they need to do is pass a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin and then hand the problem over to the Agong and let the Agong decide who should take over as PM9.

But that is not so easy. Once a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin succeeds, and he resigns as prime minister, the person with 111 MPs or more behind him will need to have an audience with the Agong and prove he has majority support.

So, who is this MP with 111 MPs or more behind him? Is that MP Anwar Ibrahim? Even Anwar does not know if he has 111 MPs or more behind him.

Umno wants Muhyiddin out because they want the post of PM for themselves. If they kick out Muhyiddin to give the post of PM to PKR, then it defeats the purpose of kicking out Muhyiddin.

Maybe Zahid Hamidi and Najib Razak will support Anwar in exchange for their court cases being swept under the carpet. But that is only for the benefit of the ‘court cluster’, not for all Umno MPs.

And are the rest of the Umno MPs prepared to support Anwar for PM in exchange for RM50 million, as what Anwar’s spin-doctors are suggesting?

Personally, I have no problems if Muhyiddin loses the vote of no confidence on 7th September 2021 and resigns. If that happens, Muhyiddin may not be able to dissolve parliament to make way for GE15 because of the Covid-19 problem. So, the only option would be to resign.

Once Muhyiddin resigns, Malaysia is going to see a political crisis even worse than the one now. Maybe 120 MPs will vote against Muhyiddin, but 120 MPs are not going to vote in favour of Anwar taking over as PM9.

The Agong is going to have a massive headache trying to decide on Muhyiddin’s successor. Muhyiddin may have only 100 MPs with him, as his critics allege. But Anwar will not be able to get even 95 MPs to support him as PM9. So, who is the Agong going to choose?

After they ousted King Louis XVI of France, the conspirators fought amongst themselves. After they ousted Czar Nikolai II of Russia, the conspirators fought amongst themselves. After they ousted the Afghan King about 48 years ago, Afghanistan has seen 17 changes of governments and many civil wars.

If the Pakatan Harapan government lasted only 22 months and the Perikatan Nasional government lasts only 17 months, how long do you think this new Pakatan-Umno government is going to last? Muhyiddin’s proposed bipartisan government is going to last just 9 months anyway since parliament will be dissolved in May next year to make way for GE15 in July.

Yes, if Muhyiddin resigns and Anwar takes over as PM9, he will be PM for just 9 months, unless he aborts the plan to hold GE15 in July 2022 and instead drags it to July 2023. So does it matter whether Muhyiddin resigns now or stays another 11 months till July 2022?

Nevertheless, I like the idea of Muhyiddin resigning now and Anwar taking over as head of the new Pakatan-Umno government because over the next 11 months they will never be able to solve all the problems.

Covid-19 will still be with us, and the economy will still be in the doldrums. The ‘Kerajaan Gagal’ label will be inherited by the new Pakatan-Umno government, as they will not be able to do better than the present government. Malaysians will compare the 17 months of Muhyiddin’s rule with the 11 months of Anwar’s rule. Then the voters will go to the polls to decide who should head the new post-GE15 government.

Once and for all the world will see that Anwar is not really the messiah after all and that he is just good at talking but cannot deliver. Malaysians will learn that just because a certain politician knows how to talk that does not mean he can also work. And Malaysians will suffer for another year, after which I can tell them “I told you so!”