Himpunan Pengikut Ketua Kleptokrasi @ Mahafiraun

PH may be hard pressed in retaining Selangor. Especially when you call Bugis, whom are the majority Muslims and Malays in Selangor, even the Sultan of Selangor are Bugis, as pirates. Imagine calling all Chinese as triads, opium dealers and prostitutes. Or all Indians as estate workers.

Ahmad Faiz Faiza

The afternoon rally was a failure. So much so that many are singing ‘Ku lihat Hijau…’ because of the large empty field. The closing just now saw a decent crowd. Decent, because its still far far less than the estimated 100k attendees. At max around 10k – 15k. Even then i am being overly generous.

One by one PH leaders took turns giving speeches. Lim Guan Eng shouted nearly through out his speech, while Mat Sabu kept interrupting now and then with his joking pleas for the crowd to give donations. Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech was ‘meh’ . While Anwar made a cameo via a cut and paste videos of him giving past speeches. Of course his speeches that condemn Mahathir was edited out save but a few passing reference… It seems all is still not well within PH how much the MC and Muhyiddin tried to paint otherwise.

Of course Mahathir’s speech was the highlight. But as commented by others, lately he seems to have lost it. He made a remark regarding the Bugis being pirates, as a reference to Najib’s ancestors. And with Selangor and Johor having the largest Bugis population among the Muslims, one wonders whether Mahathir has thrown in the towel and decided to give these two states, especially Selangor, back to BN or to PAS. The cheers from the mainly Chinese crowds when Mahathir made such statements only made some online Muslim viewers to view them not only as racists, anti Malays, anti Islam etc, but also anti Monarchy for the Selangor Sultan is of Bugis descent.

Mahathir then made more snide remarks especially against Najib, his wife Rosmah, his families and even comparing him to Tun Razak. Its a sad day to see such a statesman have to resort to such ‘below the belt’ tirade against his opponent. It was made worst when he claims such thievery and kleptocracy had never happened before in the country. Surely Lim Kit Siang and Mat Sabu knows better. Of course now it seems they themselves have caught the same ‘selective amnesia’ that plagues Mahathir now and then.

As majority of the PH leaderships played with their smartphones as each of them took turn giving speeches, even when Mahathir took the rostrum, one could sense the still deep animosity, disrespect and distrust they have upon one another. With the small crowd gathered, low online views, the weak Reformasi chants, unexciting speeches and the still awkward body language of the PH leadership, can PH really win Putrajaya?

I don’t think so. In fact, PH may be hard pressed in retaining Selangor. Especially when you call Bugis, whom are the majority Muslims and Malays in Selangor, even the Sultan of Selangor are Bugis, as pirates. Imagine calling all Chinese as triads, opium dealers and prostitutes. Or all Indians as estate workers.

Oh yes. PH don’t need enemies like BN or PAS to be destroyed. They are doing a great job destroying themselves.