TODAY, or TOdie if thou art Aussified -- knot ossiffied OK, get it right for KayTee's sake/shakes! as I was for 13years -- I am reproducing in FULL a post naturally as a PART II from a fellow BUMmer who writes plentiful, but often our paths diverge, so I did not leave behind any footprints at KTKonsiders', yes, you please don't dare aRsEk WHY, OK!
Following from Down Under a truly CONSIDERED view..."ENJOY" and if you find your way to (me)Lido in Furong at 8AM, I offer ye and a lam' meek&mild a semi-socialist BF of wantee mee topped with Curry sauce, got chicken sum'A'more, no kangaroo meet, for Serembanknights are steal decentfolks, in the I-I of my many back slapping blokes Down Under also quite an Upper, sumtimes, especially you can afford to treat 'em Foster's, knot jest tehtari'! -- YL, Desi, maaf OK, for the 'long' Intro, but my prior post "Yesterday"? -- when all our troubless seem'd so far away like the IdesOfMarch44BC? ---- is the REcord here/hear for longwindednurse...Oops, my sperring sumtimes is BAD, but gooder still than that Menteri Besar capable of headin' the richest state in MalSia but knoweth not how to fill out Oz , Yes, lembu in deed! , Immigration forms; PS. methinks the double Muhamad, expected the Oz bums to give him a BM translation BUTt they couldn't afford Desi's OR KT's astronomical fees!:))
Chow,
which can mean
SeeYa later,
OR
Let's makan ...
wit' tehC , may be KT2? todie at 9-11AM!.......Desi'll buy if ANY ER, single or plural it's OK, turn/s up, COS DESI GETS A HI! and FEELS RICH after a GOoD READ!:)
Bye, from across the se7enCcCcCcC
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
The Anwar Letter
I
am known for my unfriendliness towards Anwar Ibrahim but no, I don't
hate him as one particular but now-erstwhile (wakakaka) anwarista had
often accused me of.
And
wasn't Azmin conspicuous by his deafening silence while sitting
cozily besides his 'Uncle', let alone others like Lim KS and Mat Sabu?
My
antipathy towards Anwar's brand of politics has been the reason for my
dislike of him. To me, he has a proclivity towards his old UMNO defomasi
rather than what he claims, reformasi. There have been ample evidence
to support my assertions-accusations.
However,
I had once defended him much to my own surprise and embarrassment,
partly because UMNO's KJ attacked him unfairly and partly because I saw
it just to do so - for more, see my letter to Malaysiakini posted also
in my blog as Defending Anwar Ibrahim - wakakaka.
Nonetheless,
despite my general lack of respect and support for him and his brand of
politics I have to grudgingly admit that he pulled off probably the
greatest political feat of all times in Malaysia, that was when he
somehow managed to bring together 3 parties with disparate ideologies
with two virtually at opposite ends of the Malaysian political
ideological spectrum and one still steeped in UMNO ketuanan DNA, to form
a loose coalition called Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
PR's
achievements in 2008 and 2013 are now legends in Malaysian politics. PR
was not the first unified opposition approach to Malaysian elections.
In 1969 Gerakan Party, DAP, PPP and even PAS also formed a similar
informal but highly disciplined electoral pact though was not known as a
coalition, But their election victories in 1969 so frightened and shook
up Perikatan (BN's predecessor) that saw the tragic outbreak of civil
racial riots just 3 days after the election results, an opportunistic
necessity for some but a tragic event for many, especially for the
Chinese. That event became the notorious May 13.
We needn't elaborate on May 13 as virtually every Malaysian knows who was responsible and why it happened.
Let's
instead examine today and tomorrow rather than yester-years, though of
course we need to be mindful of the lessons of history, for Spanish
philosopher George Santayana advised us 100 years ago that 'Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it'.
Thus
while we needn't dwell on the tragedy of May 13, we should still be
mindful of those who were said to be the opportunistic mischief-makers.
So
back to Anwar Ibrahim's amazing political feat in bringing PAS and DAP
together to join his own PKR in a loose coalition to offer the
once-invincible BN a jolly good fight in elections.
His coalition would be deemed as far more effective than the one in 1969 in winning in the 2008 general and state elections (GE-12) majority rule in 5 states (Kelantan, Terengganu, Penang, Perak and Selangor) and more than a third of the total federal seats (82 out of 222). Quite frankly I doubt anyone else could have done that.
His coalition would be deemed as far more effective than the one in 1969 in winning in the 2008 general and state elections (GE-12) majority rule in 5 states (Kelantan, Terengganu, Penang, Perak and Selangor) and more than a third of the total federal seats (82 out of 222). Quite frankly I doubt anyone else could have done that.
Mahathir
is now attempting to do so but alas, those who once detested him
politically have now become blind as bats in their obsessive hatred for
Najib and have frighteningly forgiven his unforgivable sins as well as
also failed to intelligently question his motive and 'plans' for the
'morning after'.
Of
course it must be said and indeed to be admitted as well that Anwar
didn't do it for altruistic reasons - he wanted to be PM and if PR could
serve his personal grande idée, then he would go all out to ensure the
viability, versatility and survivability of the coalition by nurturing
the compatibility of the component parties.
In this, his grande
idée, he was concerned with the big picture, that of becoming PM, and
not so much into grubby avaricious jealous politicking as some of his
PKR leaders are, they being small picture dwarves.
In
more than one way Anwar succeeded beyond his wildest dreams but alas
which ironically led him impatiently and stupidly to his 916 deformasi
coup d'etat via frogology.
Hmmm, I wonder whether he had thought along this line when the 2008 GE results came out: "Aiyah, sikit lagi saje lah ... sayang saje. Jadi, how about this then ... yadda yadda yadda ... ", wakakaka.
In
the midst of that 1st tsunami with the clearer potentiality of Pakatan
breaching the high walls of Putrajaya in the near future becoming not
just a possible but a probability, I reckon one PAS man, who had viewed
Anwar with distrust, jealousy and a long-time grudge stemming from the
days when PAS president allahyarham Ustaz Haji Fadzil bin Muhammad Noor
had wanted to make Anwar Ibrahim his successor as president of PAS,
started to entertain his own political dreams as well a la 'Anything he can do, I can do better', wakakaka.
But
let's leave that for another post and also his equally stupid Kajang
Satay which was the lidi stick that broke the Pakatan camel's back, when
his PAS rival saw his opportunity to strike.
I
come now to Anwar's next amazing act, one which I have to grudgingly
again admire, namely, his recent and to some, most controversial but
very eloquent letter in which he reminded his PKR leaders to beware
believing in an old poisonous scorpion who wants to ride across the
Sungai Najib on the back of the new Pakatan Harapan very gullible
foolish frog.
And indeed sadly Pakatan Harapan has become a f**king frog which has jumped from its original concept of reforms, justice, democracy, transparency and accountability to being in deep shameful cahoots with a selfish old man who has in the first place been the very cause of all our destroyed debilitated and deformed public institutions (once much vaunted and much admired by our neighbours and the world) and who only wants to depose of Najib for his own selfish needs, as he had deposed of AAB prior to Najib.
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but I helped you cross Sg Najib thanks, now die |
And indeed sadly Pakatan Harapan has become a f**king frog which has jumped from its original concept of reforms, justice, democracy, transparency and accountability to being in deep shameful cahoots with a selfish old man who has in the first place been the very cause of all our destroyed debilitated and deformed public institutions (once much vaunted and much admired by our neighbours and the world) and who only wants to depose of Najib for his own selfish needs, as he had deposed of AAB prior to Najib.
And Pakatan and even my hero Ambiga Sreenevasan wants to back and work alongside such a man?
Read Anwar's very eloquent letter here in
which he chided his Pakatan colleagues on their seeming betrayal of
him, their former PR leader, by acting in typical Malaysian act-dunno fashion. He wrote out his sad cry:
My
kind and generous disposition towards Tun M was not reciprocated. Far
from being remorseful he displayed the contemptible aspect of his
character by repeating the scurrilous attacks.
The humiliation, sadly did not elicit any response from my trusted colleagues.
He continued:
Presumably
you may consider it critical to protect this cohabitation.
Unfortunately this will only embolden him to justify his past excesses. The trend seems to move from past repudiation to redemption! Azizah and I felt compelled to rebut as a matter of principle and to protect our honour.
Sadly, doesn't Anwar's observation of ... you may consider it critical to protect this cohabitation. ..... The trend seems to move from past repudiation to redemption! ... point towards a taxi-sapu mentality?
But
I, known as an anti Anwar person, have to say the most moving paragraph
in Anwar's missive, one which actually makes me feel for him for the
first time, has been his plaintive call for protection for his family
(wife and daughter Nurul) from stressful pressure towards unfilial
support for Anwar's unrepentant archfoe.
I've put the two paragraphs instead of just the one to give his words some context, as follows:
Let me now comment to your other responses. My apologies – but I can’t help feeling flabbergasted by the simplistic assertions that with Najib’s removal we will be able to usher change towards democratic accountability. I’ve asserted to the contrary and no evidence is adduced to suggest otherwise. I’ve also been urged to show clarity and not ambivalence in regard to the declaration; and I’ve done precisely that.
But I resent the insensitivity in pressuring the president and in particular Nurul Izzah to pay respects to Tun M or attend his functions. You may want to appease him, but to demand such a sacrifice from my family, particularly after the recent scorn is the unkindest cut of all!
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel.
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov'd him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty
heart . . .
Let me now comment to your other responses. My apologies – but I can’t help feeling flabbergasted by the simplistic assertions that with Najib’s removal we will be able to usher change towards democratic accountability. I’ve asserted to the contrary and no evidence is adduced to suggest otherwise. I’ve also been urged to show clarity and not ambivalence in regard to the declaration; and I’ve done precisely that.
But I resent the insensitivity in pressuring the president and in particular Nurul Izzah to pay respects to Tun M or attend his functions. You may want to appease him, but to demand such a sacrifice from my family, particularly after the recent scorn is the unkindest cut of all!
And I wonder whether the last sentence, ... the unkindest cut of all ..., was in any way directed towards Azmin Ali, who as I've said above, now sits cozily besides Uncle Mahathir.
And
now perhaps a word from Anwar's reputed fave author for someone in PKR
to peruse (consider me as Mark Anthony and Anwar as the wannabe Caesar,
wakakaka):
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel.
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov'd him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty
heart . . .
Marcus Antonius - Julius Caesar Act 3, scene 2, 181–186
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And do you have to force my wife and daughter into showing him respect and attending his functions? You may want to appease him, but to demand such a sacrifice from my family, particularly after the recent scorn is the unkindest cut of all! |
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