Merdekaaaaaa...

Merdekaaaaaa....

Tunku last Merdeka message 1988...

Realitynya Malaysians Loves Malaysia...

Kesian kat cucu2 kena kelentong dengan Tok Lebai...

A deputy minister was tested positive while PM Ismail Sabri 

himself is quarantined for 14 days for being a close contact.

At press time, the ringgit was 4.2375 against USD  

Ringgit to fall? What if our 

"advisors"were crooks?...

So the Ringgit is falling again.

It looks like for many years now we have accepted that the US Dollar will be above  RM4.00++  permanently. All the Advisors and Civil Servants will not even understand what I am trying to say. Here is DBS Research saying the Ringgit may reach RM4.40 against the Dollar.

When the Ringgit falls the prices of things especially imported goods, raw materials, manufacturing items etc will go up. This is called 'imported inflation'. 

Already the prices of foods have been going up. Malaysia is not self sufficient in food. Our bumiputra policy restricts deep sea fishing licenses. So non-Malay fishermen (aka Chinese) who are ready and capable of operating deep sea trawlers are restricted from deep sea fishing licenses. So there are not enough deep sea fishermen in our country.

So are all the ikan tenggiri in the South China Sea dying of old age? Not at all. Instead Thai trawlers catch ikan tenggiri and land their catch in Haadyai. Then they are loaded onto lorries and exported to Malaysia. 

It is actually our own ikan tenggiri. Ikan tenggiri is now between RM40 - RM60 per kilo. So terima kasih banyak2 kepada Tuan2 ketuanan Melayu dan Dasar Ekonomi Bebal.   

If you are also stupid like Erdogan then you will burn our Foreign Exchange Reserves and use it to 'support the Ringgit'.  It does not work. Erdogan burnt up US$128 billion worth of Turkey's Forex Reserves to support the Turkish lira which had crashed. The lira still crashed further.

It has happened a long time ago - tetapi all the Malays have forgotten. Or they may not even know what the hell I am harping about. - Syed Akbar Ali 

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Kita tengok apa Derih boleh buat dalam 5 hari...

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Pemimpin2 muda macam inilah yang sepatutnya berada dalam kabinet Mail Sabri. Bukan Shahidan Kassim, Noh Udang, Zahidi Zainul, Mat Jargon atau Peja... - dr.ts

Sapa nama doktor yang rawat Zahid Hamidi tu? Doktor ajaib betul. Satu hari saja dia rawat Zahid, dah baik tulang belakangnya. 100% baik you!!! Kena pi cari itu doktor ajaib... - dr.ts

Ismail Sabri’s inane, recycled cabinet...

Looks like the main thing that bothered Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob when he pondered the cabinet was who to make his deputy, given the threat hanging over him from Senior International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, who reportedly threatened to pull support if he was not given the position.

A puzzling new appointment to a recycled cabinet with hardly any new faces was that of – surprise, surprise – Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, a person who faced molestation charges against an underaged girl, who was made Federal Territories minister. More on that later. First, back to the issue of the deputy prime minister, or the lack of one.

If Ismail Sabri did not appoint anyone from Bersatu as deputy prime minister, then not just Azmin and his cohorts would pull out, but possibly, all Bersatu MPs, which would leave the prime minister high, dry and stranded. He was in quite a pickle for if he did not appoint anyone from Umno, offence would be taken from that quarter.

The only consolation and saving grace for that was main opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan had offered to support him in a confidence vote, which is a big thing because that amounts to 88 seats from PKR, DAP and Amanah, the three PH partners.

Even if Bersatu pulled out its 31 MPs, PH’s votes would pull him through. Why, even if part of Umno/Barisan Nasional with 42 seats withdrew, he could potentially swing it easily if PH supported him – and if Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) with 18 stood by him.

Azmin Ali

What would that make Ismail Sabri? A toothless tiger without a base from his own party, a tiger without a hill – no domain. That just won’t do. But that non-binding pact with the opposition was just about enough to keep Azmin in his place, and the potential challengers from Umno to just stay put. For the time being at least. Smart.

Thus, Ismail Sabri, like his predecessor Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when he first became prime minister, did not name a deputy prime minister, but chose to name four senior ministers.

The first among equals was of course Azmin, and his name was the first on the cabinet list. Azmin has to be satisfied with this – his threat to pull himself, and perhaps, 10 to 12 others out is not likely to result in the fall of the government.

For Ismail Sabri, it would serve him best if he did not appoint a deputy prime minister now – remember what happened to Muhyiddin when he appointed Ismail Sabri as his deputy? Forty-five days, later, he became prime minister. Also, delaying the deputy prime minister announcement will give him more choice further down the line.

Tellingly, next on the senior minister’s list is newly promoted Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who switched back to defence. He has been strategically placed to become Umno or Ismail Sabri’s possible candidate for future prime minister, the way Ismail Sabri pipped Azmin for the deputy prime minister’s post to become prime minister after.

Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof and Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin

The other two senior ministers are GPS’ Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (works) and Bersatu’s Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (a senator, education). They do not really figure in the fight for the deputy prime minister’s post, not least because they are not from Umno.

If Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was not destined to become prime minister after coming close twice, his one-time good friend who betrayed him and is now his sworn enemy, Azmin, is perhaps not destined to be deputy prime minister after being twice so close. How fate plays its cards!

But, the sum total is that Ismail Sabri is firmly ensconced in the prime minister’s seat. He was not in any danger given PH’s support for him, provided he focuses on fighting Covid-19, and ensures economic recovery, judicial independence and institutional reforms.

Perhaps, Ismail Sabri wanted more insurance, and was not comfortable with the hold that PH would have over him if he relied on the coalition for his survival as prime minister.

He could have been braver and gone for a greater cabinet mix, but a good politician seldom takes risks that he really does not have to take, which makes him less of a statesman, often – a detriment to the nation. But, survival is the name of the game when the numbers are poised delicately on the edge of a blade.

Shahidan Kassim

It is a rather inane cabinet, with almost all ministers retained and some minor reshuffles. The one notable entry is a bad one: Shahidan Kassim into the powerful Federal Territories Ministry. In November 2018, he was charged in court with molesting a 15-year-old girl. 

The report said he was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 (physical sexual assault on a child by touching any part of the child’s body). If convicted, he faced a jail sentence of not more than 10 years and whipping.

However, in April 2019, the charges were dropped when the victim withdrew her complaint. Berita Harian reported that the decision by Kangar sessions court judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad was made behind closed doors after hearing three witnesses, including the alleged victim.

“This case is over... There is no issue of appealing, and there were supposed to be six witnesses called in to give their statements,” the Arau MP’s lawyer Zamri Ibrahim was quoted as saying. Meanwhile, Shahidan refused to comment on the decision then, saying: “I am fasting, I am a Muslim, and I abide by the decision.”

Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu aka Peja

An inane cabinet aside, Ismail Sabri has made his first major gaffe as prime minister – why, oh why does he have to appoint Shahidan as head of an influential ministry where there are plenty of opportunities to grant favours? This ministry needs to be led by someone who is known to be incorruptible and competent.

There is nothing else earth-shattering in the cabinet announcement. Some shuffling has taken place here and there, and another new arrival is Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid as head of the Rural Development Ministry, which controls Majlis Amanah Rakyat. A former Kedah chief minister, he previously served in the cabinet of Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

As a concession to Muhyiddin, Ismail Sabri let in the former’s adviser with ministerial status (appointed only on August 6) Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu as youth and sports minister, another puzzling appointment.

Overall, it is largely a cabinet of appeasement of all parties, which does not upset anyone’s apple (durian?) cart, and for that reason, it is not likely to be effective unless Ismail Sabri can shake and stir things up.That’s not his style. – P. Gunasegaram,The Vibes

Shahidan Kassim and 

Young Malay Girls...

In 2008, Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad was Secretary-General of Umno. Abang Lah was prime minister, and I was then in Kuala Lumpur.In early March I met with Radzi in his PWTC office to discuss Shahidan Kassim, who was then, the Perlis Menteri Besar. I informed the Sec Gen (who is also from Perlis) that there have been disturbing reports made by parties known to me, about Shahidan Kassims's sexual activities with young Malay ladies and I had been asked by these people to bring the matter to the attention of Abang Lah.

Radzi said that he was also aware of these reports and said that he personally knows of a Thai lady who has had a child out of wedlock with Shahidan Kassim and that he was in the process of getting a DNA test to prove paternity. Radzi also said that he was aware that on at least two occasions, Malay girls impregnated by Shahidan, have had abortions at the Perlis General Hospital. In fact, on that very day itself, he had brought the lady Doctor who had done the abortion, to KL, for the doctor to personally inform Abang Lah of the matter.

Long story short, a meeting was arranged between Abang Lah, Sec Gen Radzi and the lady Doctor at Abang Lah’s house a few days later and the matter of Shahidan having a child out of wedlock, the two abortions, and other unsavory sexual activities of Shahidan Kassim while he was Menteri Besar of Perlis, were brought to the attention of Abang Lah.

Unfortunately, for reasons best known to himself, Abang Lah choose not to dismiss Shahidan as MB of Perlis, and he instead decided to shoot the messenger. A few days later, I was again at Radzi’s office, this time to help him pack and clear his office as Abang Lah has asked him to step down as Umno’s Secretary General.

What of Shahidan Kassim?

There were other reports made of his philandering and his abuse of young Malay girls to satisfy his deviant sexual needs. A 15 year old Malay teenager from Arau, Perlis, made a police report in which she related how she was told by her teacher that Shahidan had wanted to see her after he saw her perform with a band at Stadium Tuanku Syed Putra. According to her, when she went to the Shahidan’s car, he invited her to play in Kuala Lumpur and offered her a RM4,000 fee. She alleged that during the discussion, he held her hand and caressed her shoulder without her consent. The student said she immediately ran out crying. 

On 20 October 2018, a police report was made by the teenage girl, 15, alleging that Shahidan had molested her. The report was withdrawn by the victim’s family on the same day. It was speculated that the family has taken the decision due to bribery.

In 2021, Shahidan’s initial selection for the women, children, and social development affairs Parliamentary Special Select Committee (SSC) had to be rescinded and replaced by another MP after his appointment was widely condemned and objected as he is claimed to be ‘tainted’ with his child molestation case in 2019. And now, he was appointed Federal Territory Minister by Mail Bera. Enough said. - Hussein Abdul Hamid

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Kabinet Tebuk Atap 2.0..Walhasil balik asal...

Kabinet Tebuk Atap 2.0..Walhasil balik asal....

Ismail Sabri telah mengumumkan jemaah menterinya.  Kabinet Ismail Sabri masih mengekalkan kabinet Mahiaddin dengan sedikit pindaan dan kemasukan empat "muka baru" dan dilihat kabinet itu untuk mengukuhkan kedudukannya sebagai perdana menteri...

Antara muka baru yang dibawa masuk Noh Omar,  Mahdzir  Khalid, Shahidan Kassim, Ahmad Faisal Azumu dan Idris Ahmad.  Noh, Mahadzir dan Shahidah bekas jemaah menteri di zaman Najib dan mereka dilihat sebagai penyokong kuat Ismail Khalid. Begitu juga perpindahan Annuar Musa ke Kementerian Komunikasi dilihat lebih untuk mempertahankan Ismail Sabri dalam persediaan untuk pemilihan dalam PAU akan datang. - mso

PM Ismail Sabri’s lineup of his cabinet has revealed the following:

1. Ismail’s “new” government is status quo of Muhyiddin’s PN government.

2. Azmin continues to be ranked as next to the PM, despite not been made the DPM.

3. Muhyiddin’s pull on Ismail is greater than that of the leadership of Umno. 

4. Harapan’s “agreement” signed with Ismail had only served to prevent Azmin from being officially crowned as the No.2 in the Ismail government. Nothing more than that.

5. There will be no “reforms” (as understood by Harapan) in the Sabri leadership other than rhetoric.

Harapan would be well advised to review its strategy towards the Ismail regime following any possible euphoria from the signing of the above mentioned agreement. - kim quek

'Recycled' cabinet: How to deliver 

in 100 days after failing for 17 months?...

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has criticised what he described as a "recycled" cabinet put together by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. This was after Ismail Sabri today unveiled his cabinet line-up, which only saw five new ministers and four new deputy ministers. The remaining 26 ministers (excluding Ismail Sabri) and 34 deputy ministers were either kept in the same portfolio or reshuffled.

"The country is facing a raging crisis due to Covid-19 and economic hardship that is crushing the people, particularly the lower class. "But the measure taken (by Ismail Sabri) is only to recycle ministers who have failed to show that they can resolve problems effectively," he said in a video statement.

Anwar noted that Ismail Sabri had given both new and reappointed ministers and deputy ministers 100 days to deliver. However, he questioned how it would be different when the bulk of them had failed to deliver when they were in the previous cabinet led by Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin.

"The prime minister gave them 100 days to show their performance. "But for one-and-a-half years, they failed to show any progress that we can be proud of," he said. Anwar described the new cabinet as a "major disappointment".

The PKR president added that the "uninspiring" cabinet would not be able to win investor confidence, be it domestic or international. "The change that we had hoped for did not happen," he said. Anwar said the opposition will be vocal about the government's performance if there is still no solid and effective plan to address the Covid-19 pandemic and the people's livelihood.

Ismail Sabri, who is the Umno vice-president, was sworn in as the prime minister last Saturday after Muhyiddin lost his majority. He had been careful not to rock the boat as his majority is similar to Muhyiddin's, shortly before his ouster. The cabinet members are expected to be sworn in next Monday. - mk

No bouquet for the new PM's new cabinet...

My first impression of the cabinet announced by the prime minister Friday morning is one which is not impressive. Well, I took longer than one–tenth of a second. In fact, I sat in front of TV for the entire duration of the announcement made by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. But I admit I passed verdict even before the PM concluded naming his line-up.

Not impressive is to put it lightly. Former BN finance minister II Datuk Seri Johari Ghani terms the cabinet line-up "uninspiring", because "I was actually hoping that the prime minister would form a bipartisan cabinet to govern during this current crisis, or at least introduce some fresh young faces to inject more energy and enthusiasm." That was how FMT quoted him as saying.

I don't claim I can read minds but I think Johari calling the cabinet "uninspiring" is also putting it lightly. After all, he is from Umno, a party which is very much in government. The prime minister played it safe and obviously his decision will not be enough to satisfy public demands, or should it be desires, for meaningful changes.

His cabinet line-up is largely the same with minor reshuffle. A musical chair, as many are saying, with ministers swapping ministries. Like his predecessor, Ismail also did not name a deputy prime minister (perhaps disappointing his allies from Sarawak and Sabah who have said now is the time for a DPM from Borneo). And like Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the prime minister is also parading four senior ministers. And he has also unveiled quite a number of deputy ministers, the bulk of whom went to Perikatan Nasional. Many ministries even have two deputy ministers.

No need to be a political scientist to see that It is a cabinet for survival. Ismail picked ten from Umno (need I say, his own party) to be ministers. And with one minister each from MCA ad MIC, BN have 12 ministers. So, this is a BN-driven government? More or less. But Perikatan Nasional (i.e. Bersatu and PAS) is not very much behind with ten ministers. GPS has three.

I would say it's the same look and same DNA as that of the Muhyiddin administration. And as bloated. Only one fewer than the 70 ministers and deputy ministers in Muhyiddin's Perikatan Nasional government. Like the former prime minister, the current prime minister is also in "accommodating mode". Bear in mind it was Umno which helped in forcing Muhyiddin to resign, propelling Ismail to be his successor. And it was Perikatan Nasional and GPS in particular which provided him the numbers to be PM.

As Ilham Center Chief Operating Officer Mohd Azlan Zainal sees it, the prime minister does not have much choice but to go with the same faces available to ensure stability. Ismail's focus, according to the Ilham man, is obviously on strategic ministries -- finance, health, MITI, home affairs and defense -- to continue unfinished tasks of the previous administration.

And PAS vice president Idris Ahmad replacing former mufti Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri as minister in charge of Islamic affairs is, according to Azlan, seen as the prime minister's effort to boost his government's Islamic image among the Muslim population which somehow did not work out well during the previous administration.

The only bright spark, as seen by many, is the appointment of Khairy Jamaluddin as health minister. Khairy is obviously the choice of many Malaysians for his "efficiency and competency" as minister in previous administrations, be it Barisan Nasional or Perikatan Nasional.

Many had also expected the prime minister to appoint Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said as minister, especially after she quit as Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker a few days ago. Azalina is favored by many Malaysians for the same reason they hold Khairy in high regards. But Ismail did not do what many expected him to do. Now there's talk Azalina will be Speaker to replace Datuk Azhar Harun. But as it is, that is just speculation.

Anyway, we have now what we have. A cabinet named based on the prerogative of the prime minister. And we have many a Malaysian coming up with "gems" in airing their views on the cabinet. Take a look at social media and we have comments like: "This is not old wine in new bottle but old bottle old wine."

Then there's: "Do we expect ugly ducklings to turn into beautiful swans?" Also this: "Same old nasi lemak wrapped in fresh banana leaf." And this: "Can we expect to get mangoes from coconut trees?" This one is catching on: "Our PM is an environmentalist. It's a recycled cabinet."

According to Umno man Johari, the prime minister can expect no "honeymoon" period as he has a year or so before the next general election "to rectify multiple failures in governance by the Perikatan Nasional administration". Ismail knows this. He has told his ministers to prove their "worthy performance" within the first 100 days of their appointment. Good. The big question is, will heads roll if performance is not up to expectation? - Mohsin Abdullah

Datang sorang nurse ni tutup camera 

alasan KJ dah letak jawatan...

A few days ago, a vaccination centre staff in Johor cited Khairy Jamaluddin's resignation from the government to stop a man from recording his Covid-19 vaccination - a policy Khairy had introduced. In the video incident(above), the female staff - who was off-camera - was overheard telling the man that he could not record his vaccination.

"You cannot record. KJ has already resigned. Health Ministry's procedures say that you are not allowed to record video," the officer was heard saying, referring to Khairy's moniker. A hand believed to be hers was then seen blocking the man's handphone camera before the video was cut off. Taking his complaint to Twitter, the vaccine recipient said the officer was rude when ordering him to stop his video recording.

Last month, Khairy ordered all vaccination centres to reverse their 'no photo, no video' rule following scores of claims that vaccine recipients were given blank shots. Fast forward to today, Khairy is now the health minister - with expectations that he will still be in charge of Covid-19 vaccinations. - mk

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Yes DAP, Yes Anwar...

Yes DAP, Yes Anwar....

 

Parti Lebai,PAS, juga sambut baik pertemuan ketua parti pembangkang dalam PH dengan PM Mail Sabri semalam.Timbalan Presiden PAS Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man menyifatkan langkah itu membuka dimensi politik baru ke arah berpolitik secara matang dan sejahtera. Hari tu bukan main semua dok ratib "No DAP, No Anwar". Di samping itu masih bisa kah lagi ugutan Azmin untuk tuntut kerusi TPM bila Mail Sabri jumpa 3 tokoh PH ni? Pandai juga Mail cari peluru. Nak selamatkan jawatan menteri kenalah buat baik dengan PH sekarang ni... - dr.ts

Nampak dak game plan depa...

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will announce his Cabinet at 11.00 am today.The PM's Office (PMO) told the media that the ministers and their deputies will then be sworn in before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday from 2.30pm onwards. Kabinet buruk tu lambat nak umum pasai banyak kena repair... - dr.ts

Neutralizing Azmin and Zahid - Consensus between PM Sabri and Pakatan Harapan...

Conveniently, newly installed Prime Minister Ismail Sabri met top leaders of Pakatan Harapan (the largest Opposition coalition) today (August 25). Accidentally, the meeting took place after Azmin Ali, armed with 10 MPs, threatened to withdraw support for the fragile government – unless he is made the Deputy Prime Minister. Coincidentally, Sabri and the Opposition struck a deal.

And suspiciously, UMNO president Zahid Hamidi has been hospitalized due to a fall at home last week, allowing him to avoid attending court hearings. It was a mystery that the crook hurt himself so badly on August 18, but still could attend an audience with Agong (King) the next day (August 19) and again present at the Istana Negara (national palace) for Sabri’s swearing-in ceremony on August 21.

 

In politics, nothing happens by accident or coincidence. If it happens, you can bet it was planned or designed that way. Azmin made his move to grab power after Sabri’s Cabinet list was deliberately leaked. And it was purposely leaked to test reactions from Sabri’s enemies in his own government, just before the final draft of the Cabinet is presented to King Sultan Abdullah for approval.

Zahid, on the other hand, was obviously faking his illness to test whether his “puppet” PM Sabri would close one eye, allowing the corrupt UMNO government to once again intimidate the judiciary to drop all the 87 charges related to money laundering, corruption and criminal breach of trust (CBT). It was already bad that PM Sabri’s balls were being squeezed each by Azmin and Zahid.

It will become worse if the prime minister loses power when former PM Muhyiddin, the biggest ally in the government, suddenly withdraws support if Azmin is not made a deputy prime minister. The issue is not merely about the tussle for the No. 2, but more about other new demands that Muhyiddin’s party Bersatu has in store for “turtle egg” Ismail Sabri.

 

The Deputy PM is just the appetizer. Muhyiddin, or at least the greedy Azmin, wants the crown jewel – Ministry of Finance – as well as other lucrative and strategic ministries from “proxy” PM Sabri. However, at the same time, Zahid and his influential mentor, former premier Najib Razak, also wanted the similar ministries to grow their power and influence in the UMNO party.

Zahid Hamidi and Azmin Ali.

Either way, Sabri is trapped between two power-hungry devils. Assuming he still has the support of 31 Barisan Nasional MPs when he tried to defend Muhyiddin’s administration during Zahid’s onslaught to topple Muhyiddin, he is still short of 80 votes in Parliament. At the last count, Zahid had managed to swing 15 UMNO MPs against Muhyiddin, leaving Sabri’s faction with only 27 MPs.

 

It means, at best, Ismail Sabri is extremely weak with support of 27 MPs. Muhyiddin has demonstrated that he has 35 MPs (31 Bersatu MPs and 4 independent MPs), in addition to 18 MPs from PAS Islamist party currently aligned to him. In total, Muhyiddin commands 53 MPs. Even though Zahid and Najib’s 15 MPs are small, they are sufficient to trigger a collapse of Sabri administration.

 

Sure, Zahid may not command the same 15 MPs anymore after UMNO is returned to power. It would be harder to justify the need to kick one of their own out. Still, UMNO vice-president Ismail, like his predecessor Muhyiddin, has a slim majority, as the government bench has only 114 MPs in the 222-member Parliament, where two seats are vacant after the death of 2 MPs.

Toppling the government is as easy as getting 4 MPs to withdraw support. Zahid and Najib certainly have more than 4 MPs on their side, if not 15 or 11 MPs. And coincidentally, on the other side, Opposition Pakatan Harapan has 88 MPs. Together, both PM Ismail Sabri and Pakatan Harapan have a total of 115 MPs, more than enough for a simple majority.

 

But why should the Opposition help Ismail Sabri? Has de-facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gone mad for agreeing to work with the corrupt government? Have DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu gone insane over the idea of propping up the clueless and incompetent prime minister? Haven’t they got sick and tired of being used by UMNO?

 

The short answer – they have a common enemy. The long answer – unless they work with the lesser of two evils, they could see Muhyiddin Yassin, Najib Razak or Zahid Hamidi return to power or even the most hated man, Azmin Ali, becoming prime minister. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, hence PM Ismail Sabri is Pakatan Harapan’s friend, at least temporarily.

Bipartisan Consensus - PM Ismail, Anwar Ibrahim, 

Mat Sabu, and Lim Guan Eng.

 

In reality, it’s more complicated than that. As much as Anwar hardcore supporters dislike the truth, it’s crystal clear that the PKR president does not have the numbers, no matter how much he recites the mantra that he has a “strong, convincing, formidable majority” to form a new government. Even with Mahathir’s support, Anwar only managed to get 105 MPs behind him.

On one hand, Anwar has been played by former protégé Zahid again and again. On the other hand, he could not convince Sarawak-based Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to support him. To make matters worse, none of PKR traitors wanted to return to the party, despite the collapse of Muhyiddin regime and the welcome carpet laid by PKR leaders.

 

With less than 2 years before the 15th General Election, Pakatan can either do nothing and wait for the election, or try the first baby steps towards working with UMNO – minus crooks like Zahid or Najib. The support from Pakatan’s 88 MPs would free Sabri from being held hostage by Bersatu and Zahid faction in UMNO. It would neutralize both Azmin and Zahid.

As much as Gabungan Parti Sarawak hates DAP for being a direct competitor in the state, Anwar isn’t popular in the rural Malay areas, the crucial vote bank delivered by Mahathir during the 2018 General Election, which ultimately led to the opposition’s stunning victory. Without Mahathir, Pakatan Harapan has no choice but to find an alternative Malay-based partner.

On paper, there are only three options – UMNO, Bersatu or PAS. Having been betrayed by Bersatu president Muhyiddin, who pulled out of the democratically elected Pakatan Harapan government and formed Perikatan Nasional backdoor government with enemies – UMNO and PAS – last year, it’s not possible for Pakatan and Bersatu (let alone PAS extremists) to work again.

The fact that PAS has chosen Bersatu, abandoning the previous cooperation between UMNO and PAS, which was glorified as “Muafakat Nasional” under the pretext of Malay-unity, has now provided more reason for UMNO to work with Pakatan Harapan. It’s worth mentioning that PAS president Hadi Awang is a bigger cheerleader of Muhyiddin than Ismail Sabri, let alone Zahid Hamidi.

So, even without different factions in UMNO, the party has every strategic reason to explore potential cooperation with Pakatan Harapan. There will be more clashes and disagreements in terms of seats allocation and distribution for the coming election among UMNO, Bersatu and PAS than between UMNO and Pakatan. And the next election will see UMNO against Bersatu-PAS for Malay vote bank.

Based on the latest political landscape, it’s immature to say Pakatan Harapan is dumb to be used by PM Sabri to stay in power. To be fair, both sides are using each other. In the short term, Sabri is using Pakatan to ensure neither Azmin nor Zahid could threaten him. Pakatan, in return, will get reforms after a 90-minute discussion on confidence and supply agreement (CSA).

Although Anwar did not specifically mention a CSA, he said both parties have agreed today on several matters, including strengthening Parliament, ensuring judicial independence and institutional reforms in the country’s governance. Those jargons suggest that the reforms sought appear to be quite similar to those offered by Muhyiddin in his last attempt to cling to power.

But why didn’t the Opposition take Muhyiddin’s offer on August 14 then? First, it was not a sincere offer, but a dubious deal hastily hatched at the last minute to buy support. Second, Muhyiddin had betrayed Pakatan Harapan. Third, based on his track record, the former prime minister simply cannot be trusted to honour the reform deal.

Is Ismail Sabri trustworthy? Compared to Muhyiddin, Sabri is in a bigger trouble and weaker position. Naturally, the premier does not have as much leverage to play the Opposition because he has only 27 MPs, compared to Muhyiddin’s 100 MPs back then. It is understood from sources that Pakatan Harapan has asked for wider reforms beyond that offered by Muhyiddin.

The fact that UMNO vice-president Khaled Nordin and other leaders have welcomed the bipartisan consensus, and even said that there should no longer be any prejudice against the Opposition, is a strong indicator that long term cooperation could be cooking. It could provide the necessary “launch-pad” in case no party has the majority to form a new government after the 15th General Election.

Most importantly, not a single UMNO leader, including the outspoken Najib Razak, has condemned the latest bipartisan consensus, despite United Malays National Organisation’s previous chest-thumping declaration of “No Anwar, No DAP”. UMNO is more desperate, not to mention it has more to lose than Pakatan Harapan as they have to explain to the grassroots why PM Sabri is surrendering to their decade-old arch-enemy. - FT

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Ismail’s draft cabinet leaked-no DPM or Deputy Ministers,Azmin and Zuraida demoted...

Ismail Sabri, the country’s third prime minister in 3 years, has officially taken over from Muhyiddin Yassin, whose government collapsed after Sabri’s political party pulled its support. While Muhyiddin is now Malaysia’s shortest serving prime minister, his record of 17 months in power could be broken anytime if there are new plots to overthrow the newly installed PM Sabri.

Even before “Turtle Egg” Sabri was sworn in as the 9th Prime Minister on Saturday (August 21), the tussle has already begun for power and position, especially for the deputy prime minister. Not only there are fights for the No. 2 within Muhyiddin’s party Bersatu, it also happens among political parties that agreed to work again in the new “old-wine-in-new-bottle” government.

While foreign news media could not understand why former Prime Minister Mahiaddin would support the same party that toppled him just two days ago, the reason is pretty simple – common interest. Muhyiddin’s Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) and Ismail’s United Malays National Organization (UMNO) are like two parasites which need each other to stay in power.

But cracks were visible when the new government could not even agree whether it is still the same “Perikatan Nasional” government, despite all the 114 MPs who support PM Sabri are the same lawmakers who used to support Muhyiddin. Bersatu has claimed it’s still the same government because the majority of the MPs supporting Ismail Sabri come from Perikatan Nasional, who has 54 MPs.

 

However, UMNO gave Bersatu the middle-finger, arguing that the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional had never been a Perikatan Nasional component party from the beginning. Therefore, the loosely glued Perikatan Nasional government of Muhyiddin was dead the moment the former premier resigned last Monday (August 16), never mind UMNO has only the support of 41 MPs.

Apparently, the name of the government was so important that Bersatu president Muhyiddin had to call a special meeting during the weekend with top Perikatan Nasional coalition leaders, including an ailing PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang. After losing the powerful prime minister position, it was important for Bersatu to assert its dominance, reminding PM Sabri who calls the shot.

UMNO,PAS and Bersatu PPBM Flags

Hence, it will be a delicate balancing act for Ismail Sabri to maintain his incredibly fragile coalition in order not to lose power in a matter of months, or even weeks. With the first meeting of the Fourth Session of the 14th Parliament scheduled to sit for 15 days from Sept 6 to 30, during which the newly minted prime minister has to test his legitimacy, all eyes are on his Cabinet.

While negotiations are still ongoing for positions among the power-crazy component parties, a draft of Sabri Cabinet has leaked. As competitions and disagreements over the deputy prime minister continues, PM Ismail Sabri is expected to announce his Cabinet without naming any candidate for the No. 2, something that his predecessor Muhyiddin had done previously.

There will be 30 ministries, including the prime minister, a reduction of only 2 compared to Muhyiddin’s 32 portfolios. Unlike now-collapsed Perikatan Nasional regime, there will be no Senior Ministers, a political chess game to unfairly reward Muhyiddin’s loyalists that eventually led to unhappiness and rebellion in UMNO, who ultimately overthrew their own government.

To create an impression of a slim down Cabinet, all deputy ministers will be left vacant, at least temporarily as the new prime minister is under tremendous pressure to finalize a better and sexier Cabinet to handle Covid-19 pandemic and manage the economy. Under Muhyiddin administration, people were angry over the super bloated Cabinet of 73 ministers and deputy ministers.

As expected, UMNO will take away from Bersatu the lucrative and vital ministries such as Finance, Education, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives, while at the same time retains Defence, Federal Territories and Foreign Affairs portfolios. UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition will monopolize 12 out of the 30 ministries (including the Prime Minister Office) – 40% of the Cabinet.

Previously, Muhyiddin’s Cabinet also dominated 12 out of the 32 ministries. In a tit-for-tat, Bersatu is expected to be given 9 ministries, the exact number of ministries allocated for UMNO during Muhyiddin’s administration. In return for losing the ministries of finance, education, rural development, housing & local government, and special function (PMO), Bersatu will get some junk ministries.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Cabinet List - Leaked

Bersatu will get the economy portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Office (Mustapa Mohamed), Home Minister (Hamzah Zainuddin), Communications and Multimedia (Ahmad Faizal Azumu), Health Minister (Sahruddin Jamal), International Trade and Industry (Ronald Kiandee), Social Welfare (Rina Harun), Agriculture (Radzi Jidin), Domestic Trade (Azmin Ali) and Energy & Natural Resources (Zuraida Kamaruddin).

So, not only Bersatu’s previous 12 ministries will be reduced to 9, the party will only maintain 6 of its previous portfolios namely MITI (international trade and industry), social welfare and family development, home affairs, agriculture, communications & multimedia, and economy portfolio in the PM’s Department. The other 3 new ministries for the party are actually a downgrade.

Azmin Ali, the supposedly de-facto Deputy PM of then-PM Muhyiddin, would be demoted to the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry from his previous powerful and lucrative Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). The bad blood between Azmin Ali and Ismail Sabri during the previous administration has now turned from bad to worse.

Ronald Kiandee, formerly Agriculture Minister, will be promoted to MITI instead. Radzi Jidin, a member of Bersatu who was appointed as a Senator, is to be demoted in line with his incompetence during his tenure as education minister to assume Kiandee’s previous agriculture ministry. Another traitor who will be demoted is Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Like Azmin, Zuraida is another most-hated traitor who betrayed her own PKR party and toppled the democratically elected Pakatan Harapan government. She will be demoted to take care of energy and natural resources. Her previous vital housing and local government ministry will be given to Maximus Ongkili (who previously served as Minister of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs).

 

Non-performing Bersatu top guns like “flying car” Redzuan (Minister of Special Functions in the PM’s Department), Tengku Zafrul (Minister of Finance), Latiff Ahmad (Minister of Rural Development) and Saifuddin Abdullah (Minister of Communications) will be jobless under Sabri’s new Cabinet. Former Perak Chief Minister Ahmad Azumu, thanks to his seniority in the party, will be the new minister of communications.

In short, only 3 Bersatu MPs will retain their previous ministries – Mustapa Mohamed, Hamzah Zainuddin and “Doraemon” Rina Harun. This means the deputy prime minister, if it ever happens, will be a contest between Hamzah and Mustapa within Bersatu. This also reflects our previous article that there is more synergy between Sabri-Hamzah tag-team than Hishammuddin-Azmin.

Zuraida Kamaruddin and Azmin Ali

If the draft is indeed a final list of Sabri’s Cabinet, it also means that the prime minister is under heavy influence of UMNO president Zahid Hamidi and former PM Najib Razak. That’s because 4 UMNO leaders aligned to Zahid and Najib will be appointed as Senators to become ministers, namely Zamry Abdul Kadir, Johari Ghani, Mohamad Hasan and Khaled Nordin.

Former Perak Chief Minister Zamry Kadir will be in charge of Religious Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Department (taking over from Muhyiddin’s political appointee Zulkifli Al-Bakri). Johari, meanwhile, is set to snatch the job as Minister of Federal Territories from Annuar Musa, the UMNO rebel and Muhyiddin cheerleader who had bet the wrong horse during the UMNO-Bersatu civil war.

Mohamad Hasan, UMNO deputy president who has loyally stood behind his party against Bersatu, will take the grand prize – Ministry of Finance. Likewise, one of Muhyiddin’s loudest critics, Khaled Nordin, will also get senatorship to assume PM Sabri’s previous role as the defence minister. These 4 UMNO warlords alone represent one third of 12 ministers from UMNO.

Mohamad Alamin, one of two UMNO MPs in Sabah (the other is Bung Moktar Radin) who declared as early as July 8 that they will withdraw support for Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional in compliance with the party’s decision to reject the federal government, will become the new education minister, taking over from Bersatu Radzi Jidin.

 

Likewise, Noraini Ahmad and Shamsul Anuar, who resigned as higher education and energy & natural resources minister respectively under Muhyiddin administration, will be rewarded for their loyalty. Noraini is to become Entrepreneur Minister and Shamsul as Youth and Sports Minister. Deputy Speaker Azalina Othman will take over Law Minister from the clueless PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.

Hence, two-thirds majority (8 of 12 Barisan Nasional MPs) new ministers are aligned to Zahid and Najib faction, leaving only Ismail Sabri and Hishammuddin Hussein in the UMNO team who were pro-Muhyiddin. Unlike Hishammuddin, the cousin Najib who cowardly and cleverly kept his mouth shut, Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had publicly questioned Zahid’s trustworthiness.

For that, Hishammuddin will keep his Foreign Affairs Ministry, while Khairy will be jobless. Khairy’s science, technology and innovation ministry will be given to Gerakan president Dominic Lau, who will be appointed a Senator because his party was practically wiped out in the 2018 General Election. MCA chief Wee Ka Siong will maintain his party’s traditional transport minister.

PAS Islamist Party - Khairuddin Razali ,Tuan Ibrahim 

MIC’s only remaining MP, Saravanan (formerly human resources minister) and PAS controversial MP Khairuddin Razali (formerly plantation industries and commodities minister) will swap portfolios. Obviously, it was a promotion for MIC to swing its loyalty, and a demotion for PAS to teach the Islamist party a lesson for its betrayal against UMNO-PAS Muafakat Nasional alliance.

Sarawak-based GPS (Gabungan Parti Sarawak) will gain very little. They will get the same number of ministries. Nancy Shukri will retain her tourism, arts and culture ministry. Because UMNO has taken away entrepreneur ministry from Junaidi, his replacement is the ministry of works previously parked under Fadillah Yusof, one of 4 Senior Ministers during Muhyiddin administration.

To make Fadillah happy, the Rural Development Ministry seized from Bersatu will be given to him. Alexander Nanta Linggi, after losing his Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to Azmin Ali, will take over Bersatu Redzuan’s Minister of Special Functions. But if you think what GPS is getting is horrible, despite its contribution, wait till you see what UMNO has prepared for PAS.

PAS’ portfolios of 3 ministries will be entirely different. Not only Takiyuddin is toast, the Islamist party will also get a junk ministry – Minister of Social Unity and National Integration – for its vice-president Idris Ahmad as a consolation prize for losing law minister. Khairuddin’s human resources ministry is also a humiliation compared to the previous plantation industries and commodities ministry.

The only trophy worth mentioning is Tuan Ibrahim’s new portfolio – higher education ministry. But even then, it’s not rocket science that the PAS leader does not have the intellectual skills or common sense to handle the new ministry, which could see university students retaliate against PAS. The hilarious part is PAS president Hadi Awang will lose his Special Envoy to the Middle East (with ministerial rank).

 

The most unwanted job – Health Minister – will be transferred from Adham Baba (UMNO) to Sahruddin Jamal (Bersatu), the former Johor Chief Minister who will be made a Senator. The new Cabinet will see several UMNO MPs losing their jobs – Adham Baba, Annuar Musa, Khairy Jamaluddin, Reezal Merican and Halimah Sadique, all of whom were either incompetent or had bet the wrong horse.

 

Ismail Sabri could have been advised to keep the deputy prime minister and all the deputy ministers vacant as bargaining chips to buy loyalty at a later stage. It is also a strategy to prevent a premature collapse of his government before the coming vote of confidence. And of course, the list of Cabinet could be leaked deliberately to test the water and gauge reactions from fellow allies. - FT

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For UMNO this is BN. 

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Initial thoughts on PM Ismail Sabri...

Inevitably, in these one or two days the preview of what is to come under the Umno-led Perikatan Nasional government will become clearer. Firstly the cabinet appointment. It's obvious that the key jobs would go to Umno leaders and there's so much that the Prime Minister  Ismail Sabri Yaakob, could do to shrink the cabinet without angering the hopefuls among his supporters. His predecessor, Mahiaddin Md Yasin had made favour buying a way of staying in power. 

The cabinet appointment and the appointment of key executives will also indicate Ismail Sabri's attitude toward the Court Cluster, principally the decision on the Attorney General.If he dismisses the current AG, Idrus Azizan Harun, we should scrutinise every move of the new person. AG is key person in the corruption trials of the former Umno ministers and leaders. 

A Prime Minister does not have to interfere with the court to influence the outcomes of these trials. The person who decides on the direction of the trial is the prosecutor and the AG is in charge of prosecution.Remember the discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court of Riza Abdul Aziz in May last year of money laundering involving US$248 million (RM1.08 billion) linked to 1MDB? It was made on the application by ad hoc prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram.

Ismail Sabri can prove his independence and sincerity to serve the people by excluding the Court Cluster from his administration, reduce the size of the cabinet and rope in professionals as well as community leaders into the government. I would not dare speculate that he would set up a national unity government. He either tries to heal the wounds of the nation by being the Prime Minister for all Malaysians or create greater discord by making his government a kleptocratic Umno government. - AKJ

Will Ismail Sabri’s government survive?...

So, Ismail Sabri Yaakob – a man who until recently was on nobody’s list to become prime minister – has now emerged as the winner in Malaysia’s game of thrones contest. When it comes to who gets to be prime minister, those words in Article 43(2) – someone who is likely to command the support of the majority of members in the House – must necessarily carry more weight than what the majority of Malaysians might wish for. That’s the Constitution and we have to live with it. It’s futile, dangerous even, to expect the King to act in any other way. The question now is whether Ismail Sabri’s government will prove more stable than the previous one. It might just be, barring any major missteps.

First, it is unlikely that any of the 114 members of parliament who indicated their support for him will change their position. They would be seen as duplicitous and disrespectful of the King.

Second, the UMNO court cluster, which caused former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin no end of problems, has been neutralised. It will be difficult for them to go against what is after all an UMNO-led government without coming across as self-serving. Ismail Sabri’s appointment also marks the beginning of the end of UMNO president Zahid Hamidi’s political career. Ismail Sabri will, no doubt, use the power of the prime minister’s office to quickly consolidate his position within UMNO. All the court cluster can hope for now is some sort of a deal that would minimise their exposure to all the criminal charges they are facing in exchange for fading into the sunset.

Muhyiddin too has little room to manoeuvre. He recently hinted that his party’s support for Ismail Sabri is conditional on the latter keeping the court cluster out. Revenge may be sweet, but he is simply posturing. The reality is that neither he nor Zahid is in any position to threaten Ismail Sabri; both the Malay rulers and the people will not stand for another attempt at regime change.

This also applies to the Opposition. They had an opportunity to make a deal with Muhyiddin – significant reforms in exchange for a confidence and supply agreement – but they rejected it. Anwar apparently refused to consider it because he felt sure that he had the numbers this time around. It was a huge strategic blunder. The Opposition will have to live with the consequences and the knowledge that they facilitated UMNO’s return to power. In the meantime, there can be no more talk of trying to overthrow the government at least for now.

Anwar’s failure yet again to win support to become prime minister must surely call into question his continued leadership of both his party and the opposition coalition. Clearly, the Opposition has lost its way and voters have lost faith in them. If the Opposition is to regain the momentum, a new leadership team must be put in place as soon as possible. The priority now must be GE15.

Whether Ismail Sabri will prove to be a more competent administrator is another issue. For one thing, he was Muhyiddin’s point man on the pandemic, and he made a mess of it. If he is smart, he will bring in a new team headed by someone with real credibility and turn it over to the professionals. Likewise with the economy; bring in a team of credible industry leaders and economists to help turn the economy around. These are the two issues of immediate concern to Malaysians, and they will judge him by it. Beyond that, he would need to keep the racial and religious rhetoric down and stop the crackdown on dissenters.

If he can manage all that, don’t be surprised if he goes on to win another term come GE15. Malaysians, after all, have short memories as Dr Mahathir can attest. Besides, after the last few years of upheaval and chaos, voters long for normalcy again.

The real worry is that UMNO will now go all out to ensure that it will never lose another election.  Ismail Sabri will almost certainly consolidate his party’s position, tighten its grip on all the levers of power and use every means at his disposal to restore the hegemonic system that was in place until GE14. They will not be taken by surprise again. Malaysia is not likely to experience another election tsunami again for quite a while. - Dennis Ignatius

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