BN members of Parliament jumping ship?

An interesting scenario of MPs jumping ship to join PKR is painted by The Malaysian Insider,
in an article titled
Can Anwar become Prime Minister in next few weeks?

I extracted from the piece in malaysia-today.net as: Posted by Raja Petra Sunday, 16 March 2008

If there is one name that has pushed Barisan Nasional leaders out of their comfort zone and caused confusion and anxiety, it is Anwar Ibrahim.

When he said on Tuesday that the Opposition should be referred to as the government-in-waiting, he was not referring to five years down the road. He was referring to the next few weeks or months.

He knows that if he manages to convince 30 Members of Parliament to cross over, the government of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will fall. Since the PKR-DAP-PAS alliance that he cobbled together won big on March 8, taking 52% of the popular vote in Peninsular Malaysia and snaring 82 of the 222 seats in parliament, Anwar has become the most mentioned name in Umno circles.

Along the corridors of powers and in Umno circles, there is a belief that the former deputy prime minister will not rest and settle for second-best, not with the momentum of being a reformer on his side. He knows that the troops of the BN war machine are demoralised and its leaders still reeling from the psychological scars of Election 2008. He will go for the kill, rattling the coalition’s cage, creating the impression of an inevitable wave that some fickle-minded BN MPs will be tempted to abandon the BN ship and join the Opposition.

An Umno division chief from Pahang, who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said: “The talk on the ground is which MPs Anwar is going to approach to join PKR. Everyone says that Sabah and Sarawak MPs are being targeted. But I think everyone except the PM and DPM are targets.’’

: : : DESIDERATA: I hope that what is speculated in the above article won't take place. It is NOT that I don't wish to see DS Anwar Ibrahim become Prime Minister. I want him to become PM on merit and through the tested and principled path -- via genuinely won majority seats in Parliament in a General Election. Just as many of us, as vocalised via Blogs, abhor many Opposition MPs and SAs (in Negri Sembilan I have mentioned Tiger Lee, Khoo Seng Hock and Lim Fui Meng, all elected on DAP tickets but shipped out to MCA of the Barisan Nasional) previously jumping ship to the BN, we must also condemn any of the PKR-DAP-PAS coalition parties in accepting any of the deserting Rats from the BN sinking ship.

If any of these BN MPs and SAs wish to abandon the BN's fast sinking ship, they must resign their seats and re-contest in a by-election -- follow the good precedent set by SHARIR ABDUL SAMAD -- remember him the then MP of Johor Bharu elected on BN ticket doing that and winning it again as an Independent?

So my tigasen worth is to appeal to PKR leaders, including de facto head DS Anwar Ibrahim to stop "recruiting" the succesful candiadtes from the BN in the just-ended GE2008 -- it won't be an honourable way to the PM-ship. A few years of waiting in the wing won't be a negative -- in fact it may prepare the new (or soon-to-be formally-installed) Opposition Leader better to genuinely mould the loose coaltion of PKR-DAP-PAS into an Alternative Alliance, thus realising many Malaysians' dreams of a two-party system in NegaraKu.

Don't follow the corrupt ways of the Barisan Nasional dominated by UMNO-MCA-MIC. The short cut using money and power to buy over "turncoats" also corrupts. The little corrupt acts then multiply, and before the four or five years is up, it would have become another episode of from below-the-table to Above The Table corruption. Then what is the reward for the Rakyat who lent so much effort t bring forth the tidal wave of CHANGE we just tasted? Back to square one cometh the 13th Parliament lections -- GE2012/2013?

I pray God will save us from myopic leaders and leadership.
The Rakyat deserve better. ~~ Amen/Amin