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The Election Commission says it cannot call for by-elections in Perak because there are doubts over the validity of the resignation letters of Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mat Radzi and Changkat Jering assemblyman Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu.
It’s clear that at the moment, the two have no intention of resigning from their respective state assembly seats and I think we should leave it at that, as far as their status as assemblymen goes.
Leave it alone, I say.
Here Is Why
If Najib manages to lure Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman to cross over to UMNO, then let them go. Pakatan Rakyat would still have a majority in the house.
In any case, Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman are likely to defect only AFTER their trial ends.
- If the court finds the two guilty of corruption, then by-elections will probably need to be held, and Pakatan Rakyat will have a good opportunity to win the seats.
- If they are found not guilty, or if the charges against them are dropped, Pakatan Rakyat wins the perception battle because people will think, rightly or wrongly, that UMNO used dirty tactics to get Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman off the hook.
Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman are tainted goods, and all Pakatan Rakyat needs to do now is say that if UMNO wants them, it can have them.
AND HERE’S another thing.
There are people who see the defections as a GOOD thing for UMNO but fear that Pak Lah will get all the credit.
These people are really out of touch.
I don’t think you want to bring out the kompang and bunga manggar for defectors like Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman:
… a poll by the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research … [involving] 1,018 participants … revealed that 98% of the public will NOT tolerate politicians involved in corruption … Read here for moreOf course, Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman are innocent until proven guilty, but tell that to the likes of Mat Taib and Rahim Thamby Chik.
If anybody’s been busy trying to instigate crossovers, it’s Anwar and this guy:
Former deputy defence minister Zainal Abidin Zin today confirmed that he took PKR Ipoh Barat Division Head, Fauzi Muda, to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s official residence in Putrajaya last March. Fauzi Muda told the press that he was offered RM50 million as a reward if he could get two Pakatan Rakyat representatives in the state to cross over to Barisan Nasional. He also claimed that he was approached again several months later for the same task, but this time the reward was slashed to RM5 million per person.Fauzi signed a statutory declaration detailing what transpired during the meeting.Read here in Malaysiakini for more- "The Aisehman"
ANOTHER VIEW
Pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak (Dissolve the Perak State Assembly)
From Kickedefella Blog: Read here for more
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"... Jika dua meletakkan jawatan beerti Pakatan Rakyat ada 30 dan BN 27 dan jika 3 orang yang meletakkan jawatan, maknanya PR 29 dan BN 27. Beerti dalam tempoh 60 hari kelak, 2 atau 3 kerusi yang akan menjadi tumpuan siri pilihanraya kecil akan menentukan kerajaan yang baru.
Apa rasionalnya kerajaan yang baru dibentuk berdasarkan amanat pengundi dari 3 kerusi DUN?
Jika PR kalah kesemua kerusi itu, BN akan mengambil alih Kerajaan Negeri dengan majoriti 1 kerusi. Jika PR menang 1 dan kalah 2, PR akan terus kekal sebagai kerajaan bersandarkan majoriti 1 kerusi.
Begitulah seterusnya dan matematik memberi kita hanya satu kesimpulan iaitu, pilihanraya kecil ini hanya akan menambah kekalutan dalam pentadbiran Kerajaan Negeri Perak dan memberi masa depan yang mendung.
Jalan sebaiknya di dalam keadaan genting begini ialah untuk Menteri Besar setelah berbincang dengan tujuan mendapat persetujuan pemimpin-pemimpin parti dalam Kerajaan Negeri Perak, mengadap DYMM Sultan Perak dan menasihatkan supaya Baginda bersetuju untuk membubarkan Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak.
Pembubaran Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak akan membolehkan para pengundi di Perak membuat keputusan semula kepada pihak manakah mandat mahu diberikan.
Walaupun keputusan akhir di bawah Tuanku Sultan, namun pembubaran DUN adalah satu-satunya langkah yang tinggal untuk menjamin rakyat mendapat sebuah kerajaan yang bermandat lebih besar dan tidak goyang.
Dengan mandat lebih besar, Kerajaan Negeri akan dapat menumpukan lebih banyak masa mentadbir dan bukan bermain politik.
Faktor politik semasa menyebelahi Pakatan Rakyat kerana UMNO yang menjadi tunggak BN sedang berhadapan kemelut pemilihan pucuk pimpinannya dan kemungkinan jika berlaku pilihanraya sama ada kecil atau pilihanraya negeri, ia akan berlaku sewaktu atau sebelum pemilihan tersebut.
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