graveyard of politics

Why should i resign??BN did not lose in the general election.
Please do not listen to the rumour.
'I WON'T RESIGN' said Pak Lah to about 500 supporter
that went to Seri Perdana to show their support to
this Malaysia's premier this evening.
He has no plan to step down after leading his ruling coalition
to its worst election result in decades,
despite calls by his influential predecessor for him to quit.
well we have here as malaysia's number one is one stubborn dude waiting for his downfall and doing what his power permit him to ensure his survival.chopping and chipping any BN members old dudes and replace them with none experience newcomers that don't know nothing.Oh pak Lah what have you done to our state cabinet??YOU ARE A DEAD MAN WALKING LIKE EPL MANAGERS..

well here is picture about tok guru nik aziz \.our beloved spiritual guru of PAS KELANATAN
he is giving a syukur doa upon winning the state election

Ini merupakan ungkapan daripada member kwn aku,A Hardcore UMNO fanatik yang kecewa dgn PAK LAH...

Hari ini, saya yang selama ini menyokong UMNO dengan sepenuh jiwa raga telah mengambil keputusan bahawa saya tidak dapat lagi meneruskan sokongan saya kepada UMNO.

Sejak 1999, saya dan rakan-rakan telah berjuang dengan cara kami sendiri di alam maya ini dalam memastikan kekuatan UMNO. Tetapi hari ini, setelah barisan kabinet baru diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri yang mana dirinya sendiri tidak diiktiraf oleh majority rakyat secara peribadi, saya tidak dapat lagi meneruskan sokongan terhadap parti keramat orang Melayu ini.


Saya menyokong UMNO selama ini bukan kerana namanya UMNO. Saya juga menyokong UMNO bukan kerana Tun Dr. Mahathir atau kerana ADUN kawasan saya. Saya juga terus menyokong UMNO pada tahun 2004 bukan kerana Abdullah Badawi. Dan lebih lagi, saya bukan menyokong UMNO kerana mendapat projek atau kontrak dari UMNO. Ini kerana saya bukan seorang kontraktor, bukan seorang peniaga dan bukannya merempat mengharap bantuan kerajaan dan UMNO untuk menyara keluarga. Saya mampu dan berkelayakan untuk bekerja dengan kebolehan dan bakat yang dikurniakan Allah kepada saya tanpa mengharap bantuan sesiapa. Saya telah bekerja di beberapa syarikat multinasional sebelum ini tanpa memerlukan orang dalam untuk memperkenalkan saya kepada sesiapa.

Sehingga kini, saya tidak pernah menerima atau mengharap apa-apa bantuan dari UMNO malah saya pernah mengeluarkan wang sendiri untuk menjayakan aktiviti-aktiviti Kelab Maya UMNO yang telah berhempas pulas mempertahankan UMNO dari serangan pembangkang di alam maya di era kegemilangan-kejatuhan Anwar Ibrahim. Semuanya saya lakukan demi kekuatan UMNO, orang Melayu dan kesejahteraan Malaysia.

Politik Melayu sebenarnya agak pelik dan lucu. Sesebuah parti politik Melayu disokong bukan semestinya kerana ideologinya atau rekod pemerintahannya. Ada yang menyokong satu-satu parti politik kerana ibu bapanya menyokong parti tersebut atau kerana semua rakan-rakannya menyokong parti tersebut.

Memang ada orang Melayu yang menyokong UMNO hanya kerana namanya UMNO.

Kerana mereka percaya UMNO itu adalah Parti yang memperjuangkan orang Melayu kerana itulah yang tertulis dalam sejarah dan itulah yang dilihat dilakukan oleh pejuang dan pemimpin UMNO sebelum ini.

Saya menyokong UMNO hanya kerana saya percaya arah tujunya tepat dan pemimpinnya berkebolehan dalam memastikan keselesaan hidup saya sekeluarga di bumi Malaysia. Kesejahteraan hidup adalah penting bagi membolehkan kita meningkatkan ekonomi, memperkasakan umat dan memastikan keselamatan terjamin.

Sebahagian dari masyarakat Melayu pula memilih untuk menyokong PAS. Ini kerana mereka percaya PAS itu adalah sinonim dengan agama Islam. Mereka percaya PAS itu memperjuangkan Islam walaupun ramai di antara penyokong kuatnya yang sanggup bergaduh dengan saya untuk menegakkan Islam melalui PAS adalah orang yang pengotor, kaki dangdut, gila perempuan, makan wang anak yatim dan bermacam-macam lagi yang mana saya sebagai Muslim yang jahil ini juga tidak sanggup untuk memikirkannya. Ada juga penganut PAS yang suka menyindir saya sebagai tidak cukup Islam tetapi di masa yang sama merupakan seorang pelanggan tetap bomoh Indonesia di kampung berdekatan. Mungkin mereka menyokong PAS hanya untuk menghalalkan cara hidup mereka, saya tidak tahu.

Saya tidak dapat menerima PAS sebagai Parti yang mampu membawa Malaysia dan Melayu ke hadapan kerana ideologinya yang tidak jelas. Pemimpin mereka sendiri masih ragu-ragu tentang Islam dan keliru samada cara hidup Taliban itu wajar atau tidak. Lebih dari itu, cakap-cakap tentang memperagakan Islam dan menunjuk-nunjuk Islam sehingga sanggup berjihad tanpa sebab hanya membawa negara ini jauh ke belakang menyamai zaman jahiliah. PAS juga sering tidak konsisten dalam meletakkan kedudukan wanita di dalam Parti, di dalam negara malah di dalam rumah juga. Ramai orang PAS yang saya kenal suka mengherdik dan menengking isteri di hadapan tetamu.

Malah ramai pemimpin PAS merupakan rakan bapa saya semasa di Universiti Al-Azhar dan saya lebih tahu betapa hipokritnya mereka apabila meletakkan pakaian (tudung) seolah-olah tuntutan tertinggi di dalam Islam sedangkan mereka tahu isteri mereka yang sama-sama belajar di Al-Azhar dan juga pensyarah wanita di Al-Azhar rata-ratanya tidak pun memakai tudung pada waktu itu. Kerana itu, PAS saya anggap sebagai Parti yang sekadar ingin menjadi hakim ke atas iman manusia lain yang mana merupakan hak mutlak Allah S.W.T. Walhal PAS hanyalah Parti yang diwujudkan oleh manusia yang inginkan kuasa tetapi tidak mampu mendapatnya melalui UMNO.

Melayu yang menyokong KeAdilan pula percaya Anwar Ibrahim telah teraniaya. Keadilan tidak punya ideologi atau perjuangan yang jelas kerana Parti ini wujud hanyalah untuk membebaskan Anwar dari segala tuduhan dan bukannya untuk rakyat Malaysia atau bangsa Melayu. Hari ini, setelah Anwar bebas, perjuangan Parti ini semakin kabur atau semakin jelas iaitu hanyalah untuk meletakkan Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Perdana Menteri serta membalas dendam terhadap musuhnya dan tidak ada sebab lain lagi. Pendek kata, perjuangan parti ini hanyalah satu perjuangan peribadi.

Oleh itu, hanya UMNOlah yang menjadi tunjang harapan Melayu dan tunggak kerjasama antara bangsa-bangsa lain di Malaysia melalui peranannya dalam Barisan Nasional. Kerana itulah saya telah menjadi penyokong kuat UMNO selama ini dan saya percaya jika runtuh UMNO, runtuhlah Barisan Nasional. Runtuh UMNO, runtuhlah Melayu dan runtuh Barisan Nasional, runtuhlah Malaysia.

Hari ini, tunjang itu telah bukan sahaja patah, tetapi hancur berkecai. Saya tersilap bila menyangkakan masih ada harapan untuk UMNO belajar dari kesilapan empat tahun yang diterjemahkan melalui Pilihanraya 2008, rupanya sangkaan saya meleset sama sekali. Dengan barisan cabinet dapur yang baru diumumkan tadi, saya dengan ini tidak lagi menaruh apa-apa harapan atau kepercayaan lagi terhadap UMNO.

Pilihanraya untuk memilih kerajaan diadakan bagi menterjemahkan demokrasi iaitu kerajaan pilihan rakyat. Tetapi kerajaan hari ini telah sekali lagi menidakkan suara rakyat dengan enggan mengakui bahawa keputusan itu merupakan suara hati rakyat yang menunjuk protes terhadap pemimpin tertinggi. Sebaliknya, kerajaan memilih untuk mempercayai analisis yang dibuat oleh mereka sendiri kononnya rakyat masih inginkan mereka berkuasa.

Analisis siapakah yang lebih wajar dipercayai? Analisis yang dibuat oleh rakyat atau analisis yang dibuat oleh mereka sendiri? Siapakah yang lebih memahami suara rakyat, selain dari rakyat sendiri? Suara rakyat boleh didengari dengan mudah di laman-laman web, blog, komen-komen, forum dan lain-lain di dalam internet selain dari di kedai-kedai kopi. Disinilah terletaknya suara pengundi, bukan di bilik mesyuarat cabinet.

Suara siapa yang kerajaan ingin dengar? Suara pengundi yang telah dan akan mengundi atau suara menteri yang telah dan akan diundi keluar?

Hari ini, setelah barisan cabinet baru diumumkan, merupakan hari di mana UMNO telah tidak lagi relevan.

Saya kini tidak lagi menyokong UMNO tetapi tetap memilih Laman Kelab Menyokong UMNO ini sebagai tempat bersuara kerana saya percaya laman ini yang diusahakan oleh rakan-rakan pejuang yang paling saya percayai adalah merupakan laman yang cukup berwibawa dalam menengahkan suara hati rakyat. Pejuang-pejuang di laman ini saya anggap sebagai barisan terakhir (the last frontier) pertahanan UMNO kerana merekalah lambang pejuang tulin yang tidak pernah mengharap atau mendapat apa-apa balasan. Jika para pejuang laman ini juga telah beralih arah...maka disitulah berakhirnya nafas UMNO dan seterusnya Barisan Nasional (mana-mana dahulu).

Jika difikirkan kembali masak-masak, sebenarnya untuk menunaikan kehendak rakyat bukannya susah. Kami bukan meminta projek atau kontrak atau peluang perniagaan atau jawatan atau kerja atau surat sokongan dari para pemimpin UMNO. Permintaan kami hanya satu iaitu agar Perdana Menteri meletakkan jawatannya seberapa segera. Kedegilannya akan menghancurkan Barisan Nasional yang merupakan tunggak kekuatan Malaysia.

UMNO hari ini, bukan lagi UMNO yang saya kenal. Oleh itu, selamat tinggal UMNO.


aku pun dah lama tak kait dgn UMNO.count me in bro!!

well here's a quick snip about the history of malaysia's general election and why this one(PRU 12) is the worst yet!

National Front is the longest serving legitimate party administering Malaysia for more than fifty years starting with the Municipal Elections in 1955 in the town area of Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bharu where UMNO (United Malay National Organization-Malay based party) and MCA (Malayan Chinese Associations-Chinese based party) had agreed on certain terms cooperating with each other to grab seats in the Members Committee formed by the British government as an accord and test whether the Malays can unite with the other main races (Chinese and Hindus) thus paving the way for Malaya independence in 1957.


After the triumph of the 1955 Municipal Elections, then MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress-Indian based party) had agreed to band wagon the alliance of UMNO-MCA thus forming an Alliance party inadvertently close the doors for Dato’ Onn to be the first Malaya Chief Minister with his non-communal party of Independence Malayan Party (IMF). Along the way, the Alliance had achieved great successes in building Malaysia as a great economic powerhouse and filling its independence. The party itself had experienced a lot of ups and downs and internal contradictions such as in 1969, thus transforming it into National Front party and again endured an internal and external crisis such had happened in 1989 (UMNO was declared illegal), Sabah political crisis and the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim in 1999 (just to name a few).

But for all the momentous outlining that National Front had endured and experienced, nothing can be compared with the elections result of the year 2008. For all the bad records of Alliance party or National Front setbacks, 2008 election results is the worst ever results which had been experienced by the National Front and such factors that contributes towards this worst defeat came from an internal factor within UMNO itself and an external factors which were dealt wrongly by the incumbent government thus precipitating a protest vote by all the three main races (Malay, Chinese and Hindus) against the National Front.

Differences between 1969 and 2008 election

If the year 1969 had showed how much the wealth gap between the Malays and the Chinese race had spark the racial violence which was transposed through the race riot of 1969. Plus the divide and rule policy of the British government for more than 200 years which was later inflamed by the uneven treatment by the Japanese government during the three years and eight months of the World War II, this factors had contributed by the uprising of the existing grudges by the two main races of Malaysia. This problem was later dealt with the understanding that the government with the need to reform the racial wealth balances by not extricate the wealth of the Chinese and give it to the Malays, but by creating a larger economic cake and bringing back the sidetrack Malay race after 200 years of isolations by the British government through the implementations of the New Economic Policy. I don’t wish to delve deep the differences of the economic wealth pre-1969 elections as my topic is concentrating on the 2008 election results.

The Worst Election Ever for National Front

2008 is a whole different matter for National Front. None of the factors which contribute towards the defeat of that party in 1969 anymore contributes towards the defeat in 2008. In 2008, the opposition’s party only reaping the benefits of sheer ignorance of the incumbent government in settling issues arises which affecting the Malaysian peoples. Here I underline the reasons and factors which contribute to the worst defeat ever since 1957 in a chronology manner:-

Bad advisers – Prime Minister Abdullah had been getting bad advices from the beginning of his tenure as the fifth Prime Minister. Such advices had lead to numerous bad decisions by the executive power such as:-

The bad formations of the cabinet portfolios in 2004 (after the 11th elections) which sees redundant responsibilities of the government ministries that impedes the executive branch from executing efficient order or task and confused the government apparatus with their mechanism in catering the needs of the Malaysian citizens such cases can be seen in areas concerns:-

1) Ministry of Home Affairs vs Ministry of Internal Security;

2) Ministry of Regional (Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan) vs Ministry of Rural Areas and Regional (Kementerian Luar Bandar dan Wilayah) vs Local Council vs Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan);

3) Ministry of National Heritage and Culture vs Ministry of Tourism ;

The cancellations of the Malaysian bidding for Asia’s Games in 2006 which shows that Malaysia unwilling to challenge human ingenuity of making the games succeed on Malaysia’s soil despite having the first class facilities after the success of 1998 Commonwealth games;

The Foreign Office blunder of apologizing to the Chinese government on the video case of allegedly Chinese citizens squatting despite the true identity of the women after detail investigations which shows that it was a Malaysian lady. The failure of PR to explain the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for such accused individual to squat aim to force any foreign object in accused body or in that particular case drugs substance to voluntarily push out from her vagina;

The terminations of PROTON’s CEO (Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff), despite his achievement in accumulating PROTON’s cash savings and with the building of the Tanjung Malim Proton’s City at the costing of 1.3 billion using PROTON’s own funds without borrowing any single cents form the government;

The cancellations of the double railway electric trains projects along the West coast lines (16 trains/ a day) at 160kmph which will see the integrations of rural area into big cities of Johor Bharu - Kuala Lumpur – Ipoh – Penang – Padang Besar and all the cities along the proposed lines;

The selling of the MV Agusta companies at the price of 1 Euro far outweigh its real market price despite buying the coveted high-tech Italian motorcycle company at the 400 million dollars on the intentions of small engine technology transfer to PROTON to built its own small engine consuming less fuel in parallel with the market demand;

The cancellations of the Scenic Bridge on the Johore Causeway after the projects had been undertaken on the views that such structure development had interfered on the sovereignty of Singapore and the cancellations reimbursement which cost higher than building the bridge itself to Gerbang Perdana that was in charge on the project development;

The desertion of Multimedia Super Corridor project and it’s lost of exclusiveness when areas concerns are unable to be determined lucidly and land that was neglect unproductively. The unproductive e-village projects and un-enthusiast investment on such areas even though such potentials is still high where Infosys that was set up in India at the same time amounting to more than 40 billion dollars;

The stagnations of Putrajaya development projects with the cancellations of its monorail intercity projects and slow pace of Putrajaya development itself.

Tun Dr. Mahathir’s character assassinations by the media – After the Prime Minister Abdullah took over the helm from his predecessor; the media’s had launched a character assassinations campaign non-stop by portraying a very bad image of the former Prime Minister. The public especially the Chinese community feel discontented because they revered the former Prime Minister as their saviour in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the Malays community themselves who remembered Tun Dr. Mahathir as one of the great statesmen Malaysia had offered before feel dissatisfied and disgruntled seeing the unjust treatment of the media towards their national hero.

Tun Dr. Mahathir open critics towards his successor – This factor played a major part when Tun Dr. Mahathir failed to advise Prime Minister Abdullah in his decision making process on certain matters and launched an open critics on how Prime Minister Abdullah decision’s was decided. Seeing such an act by the former Prime Minister, Malaysian especially the Chinese community that was far economic aware feel such critics must at least be heard and understood in an intellectual manner. But again Prime Minister Abdullah failed to understand such critics and advice.

Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar factor - Perhaps one of the major factors which contribute to the worst defeat ever of the National Front party is the ambitious young man named Khairy Jamaluddin. Being cropped up from nowhere, most Malaysian believes this young man is the main factor behind every government decision making process. His relationship with Prime Minister Abdullah as the Abdullah’s son in law and even though denied by Prime Minister Abdullah that this man had influenced him on every government decision making process, but the public perceptions is high that he is the man behind all the bad government decisions.

In politics, where perceptions is much more important than reality, Khairy Jamaluddin perhaps is the most hated man in Malaysia of all time but with his powerful connections and daily image boost through the media put him on the post of UMNO Youth Deputy and he often talks on government policies where the cabinet ministers themselves shunned talking about it. The scandals behind Khairy Jamaluddin is numerous as underline below (just to name a few):-

i. Khairy Jamaluddin was first seen above the rules and regulations or the law by the public when he was officially involved in the politics despite holding professional governmental post in the Prime Minister department which according to the rules he had to let go his governmental post to get involved actively in politics;


ii. ECM-Libra Avenue scandal;

iii. Pantai Holdings sell out to Singapore owned GLC’s;

iv. The cancellations of Scenic Bridge projects;

v. The personal passing hand to hand of Former Deputy Prime Minister passport when Anwar Ibrahim was freed by the Malaysian court;

vi. Much publicised his MyTeam football team which was sponsored by Scomi;

vii. Peoples perceptions on his personal influences and involvement in any government decisions and contracts awards;

viii. Peoples perceptions on his personal involvement in the naming of the 2008 National Fronts UMNO elections candidates;

ix. The usage of UMNO owned media companies to boost Khairy’s own image through daily exposure of his personal activities and views regarding governmental policies and decisions despite no cabinet post portfolio vested when he is only holding the political post of UMNO Youth Deputy;

x. Khairy’s numerous blunder’s remarks against the oppositions leaders such as to PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat challenging him to take back particular views regarding certain matters or law action will taken but at the end nothing happens;

xi. Khairy’s personal racist sentiments remarks against the Chinese community when there is no issues to be raised so that he will be seen as the saviour of the Malay based community;

xii. Khairy’s incorrect remarks on the New Economic Policy whereas such policies had already over in 1990 and was replaced by the New Development Policy and Vision 2020 policy. Such remarks on the New Economic Policy was seen by the public as to only boost his image as the championing of the Malay based community;

xiii. Khairy’s personal involvement in building Putera UMNO brigade consisting members from “Mat Rempits/ Illegal street racers” to be the action arms of UMNO Youth despite bad records from Malaysian Royal Police that such an act will only worsen the illegal racing in Malaysia;

xiv. Royal Malaysian Police staffs perceptions towards Khairy’s personal involvement in the formations of IPCMC (Independent Police Commissions of Conduct) which was seen by the Police as unnecessary check and balance apparatus;

xv. The conduct of Khairy in leading the UMNO members gathering during Condoleezza Rice visits to Malaysia on the issues of Palestinian treatment by the Israelis where such gathering was seen by the public as double standard measures by the local authorities and Malaysian Police in awarding permits and treatment on the rioting of UMNO members;

xvi. Khairy’s purposelessness and un-bearings personal vendetta against the former Prime Minister Mahathir which was seen by the public as a rash act and foolhardy on the comparative basis that this young man without any achievement went against an old and revered statesman.

Unclear answers on certain issues by the particular Cabinet Ministers of Prime Minister Abdullah on the issues of Approved Permits (AP’s);


Immature remarks by some Cabinet Ministers of many issues answered in a childish manner on public media such as by Minister Nazri Aziz, Minister Zainuddin Maidin and Deputy Minister Shaziman;

of many issues answered in a childish manner on public media such as by Minister Nazri Aziz, Minister Zainuddin Maidin and Deputy Minister Shaziman;

Unclear scandal and grudges arises between the Minister of Internal Security and the Malaysian Inspector General of Police on the issues of the release of convicts by the Minister himself whereas the bloggers who revealed such scandal haven’t been found yet and no progress report on the investigations case;


The performance of National Front Members of Parliament in explaining and debating issues in the lower house whereas National Front’s MPs were more prone to raise personal issues such as personal applications of AP’s, grudges towards the bloggers, and dull remarks on the issues of bloggers and women in Malaysia (proved one point of raised by Thomas Friedman in his book The World is Flat);


The waving of the “Keris” (Malay’s traditional weapons) during the UMNO General Assembly thus depicting an unnecessary act of rocking the racial boat of understanding between the Malays and the Chinese. It was seen by the critics that such act as a deviations by the UMNO Youth to be seen as the champion of the Malays race on the reality basis there are no real issues to be debated (the status quo remains unchallenged);


The increasing price of the world crude oil which exceeds 60 dollar per barrel thus affecting every products price within the Malaysian market. Such inflations problems or the increase of product prices was seen by the public are not dealt correctly where big companies are allowed to reap the profits while Malaysian consumers had to deal with the spiralling inflations plus the increase of the toll hike;


Basic necessities of the Malaysian daily products such as flour, cooking oil, sugar that was lost in the daily market seen by the Malaysian peoples as obsolete third world economic problems and the handling of such crisis are sure to be doom where the government took the approach of suppressing the market forces thus ensuring the losing the products necessities in the market;


Unwise handling of the HINDRAF issues by the security analyst which failed to advise Prime Minister Abdullah to act fast on the dire allegations made by the HINDRAF members which escalate the situations thus bent the support of the Hindus vote for the National Front completely during the 2008 elections;


Complete utilization of the media as a propaganda tools for National Front in putting Prime Minister Abdullah and boosting his personal image more than it should had inculcate a reverse psychology message to the Malaysian that they fed up with such cheap publicity.

People’s message

The peoples of Malaysia had cast a very clear message to Prime Minister Abdullah to act in a rightful manner. Whether Prime Minister Abdullah will do the right thing to rectify back on what National Front had gone wrong, only he and himself have the answer. The longer he delayed on the right decision, UMNO and National Front will pay the price of such ignorance.

Clearly one factors doesn’t chip in to the National Front worst defeat in 2008 elections. But with the build up of wrong decisions after another, and the appointment of wrong advisers who advice Prime Minister on what he wants to hear, National Front had to endure its worst embarrassment. For the performance and factors which contributes to the worst defeat of the National Front, I have underline clearly as above details. For that I rest my case.

now here's a essay for you to do some research on regarding this 2008 malaysian 12th general election

The Raja Perlis has gone against the wishes of the Prime Minister by consenting to the appointment of Bintong assemblyman Datuk Dr Md Isa Sabu as the new Menteri Besar of Perlis, in place of embattled Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, who had Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's mandate to continue as MB. Political observers say the difficult situation could lead to a constitutional crisis.


The confidential secretary to the Raja Perlis, Mohd Adib Zakaria who distributed the statement to that effect to reporters in front of Istana Siraj, said the appointment was made under Article 39 (2) of the Laws of the Constitution of Perlis.

Under this provision, the ruler shall appoint a person who he thinks has the confidence of the majority of the members of the state assembly to become the Menteri besar to head the state government.

“Based on this provision and after being satisfied with his ability to garner the support of the majority of the state assemblymen, His Royal Highness has consented to appoint Datuk Dr Md Isa Sabu as the Menteri Besar of Perlis effective March 14 2008,” he said.

Dr Md Isa was a Perlis state executive councillor until 2004 when he was not re-nominated to contest in the general election that year. He was nominated to contest in Bintong in the general election last Saturday and won the seat by defeating PAS’ Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir with a majority of 2,110 votes. He polled 4,882 votes against Mohd Anuar’s 2,772.

The Ruler's move totally floored Shahidan, more so after the effort he made to secure the MB's appointment from Abdullah.

While he was resigned to the fact that he had to accept the Raja Perlis' ruling, he made an open rebuke to Dr Md Isa, whom he warned that by accepting the MB's post, the latter went against the Umno president and the party's wishes. He also blamed bitter rivals Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad and Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid for engineering the coup.



In other incidents nationwide:

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s coy play earlier this week seeking the Prime Minister to “do the right thing” has bloomed into what the phrase really meant: a letter circulated among Umno members and played up by the blogs has Mukhriz categorically pleading to Abdullah to resign and take responsibility for BN’s dismal performance for the sake of Umno's survival. Later in the evening, Abdullah told Bernama that he will leave it to Umno Youth to take action against Mukhriz, the movement's Exco member. In Putrajaya, Umno vice-presidents Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam worry that Mukhriz’s action would only further divide the party. Puteri Umno lodged a police report over posters strung up in the city that called for the PM’s resignation. Its chief Datuk Noraini Ahmad regretted that irresponsible elements were trying to link Puteri Umno to the deed.

GEORGE TOWN: About 1,000 Umno members demonstrated in Komtar where the Chief Minister’s office is located at 2.15pm, immediately after Friday prayers. The demonstrators shouted slogans, from urging the Lim Guan Eng administration not to scrap the NEP to pledging support for Datuk Seri Ahmad Badawi’s administration, led by Umno Bukit Mertajam division chief Datuk Musa Shaikh Fadzir. The peaceful assembly later dispersed after the police gave the order.

IPOH: The fiasco in Perak where the DAP-PKR-Pas triumvirate has not even kick-started their administration continues as haggling on State Exco seat allocation, with DAP demanding a lion’s share after reluctantly agreeing to Pas’ Nizar Jamaluddin, has dismayed the Ruler. However, the impasse is set to be broken after 31 assemblymen from the three parties collectively signed a letter agreeing to cooperate in forming a coalition state government and also agreeing to Nizar as Mentri Besar. The letter was handed over to the Sultan of Perak's confidential secretary Datuk Abdul Rahim Mohamad Nor at 10 pm last night. PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said with an understanding reached, the three parties should now focus on administering the state with honesty and sensitivity to people’s problems and needs. Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali also welcomed the consensus.

GEORGE TOWN: Following the Umno-led attacks against the fledgling Lim Guan Eng administration, Lim met Malay NGOs, assuring them that the DAP-led administration will never scrapped the NEP, only the abuses that has led to cronyism and corruption. Former CM Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon echoed Lim’s aghast against the Penang Umno’s call that the Federal Government scrap mega projects in the state on grounds voters rejected the BN government.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Umno is still undecided as to who should become Mentri Besar after Datuk Idris Jusoh seemed unable to garner support to continue with his stewardship. It would seem that several Umno assemblymen not in favour of Idris have muster enough influence on the palace to withhold consent. The Sultan of Terengganu, who is also the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, is expected to be back on Saturday to make a decision.

SHAH ALAM: Newly-minted Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is going to get a briefing from state auditors on the changes and movement of assets that he intends to implement. The former Guthrie CEO hopes to stop speculation on why documents may have been destroyed at the secretariat. “We want to be professional about it and aware before we take next steps,” he said. Selangor State Secretary Datuk Ramli Mahmud appeared to have alleviated the allegation that former MB Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo inked a deal after dissolution with Puncak Niaga to operate and maintain a water treatment plant. Ramli claimed that it was he who signed the deal, witnessed by his deputy.

SHAH ALAM: Selangor Pas and Umno leaders held secret meetings here immediately after the BN Selangor Government fell to the opposition but Pas assemblymen insisted that they never had any intention of deserting the coalition. MP for Shah Alam Khalid Abd Samad said Pas commissioner Datuk Dr Mohd Hassan Mohd Ali attended a meeting with Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo to pre-empt any attempt by Umno to used foul means to nullify the election.

TRUE DRAMA IN MALAYSIA POLITICS
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no urgency for Internal Security Act detainee M. Manoharan, who won a Selangor state seat, to be sworn in. “There is no urgency because he is not being made an executive councillor, so the oath taking can wait until after he is released. For now, there is nothing we can do, his detention is a political issue,” Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said. Manuoharan, under detention at the Kamunting Detention Camp for his involvement in the Hindu Rights Action Force, won the Kota Alam Shah seat with a 7,184-vote majority. Khalid said the Opposition will call for the repeal of the ISA in Parliament.

well now we have a prisoner for representative,blogger cum politician,Sultan's consent to other's and now what?Our revered tun mahathir's son asking our current PM to resign??you must be kidding!