Anwar S Blur And Will Repeat Past Mistakes

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... Anwar was speaking about nation-building and gave an academic approach to the issue including stressing that all races must live as one happy family.‬ Anwar did not however explain how that can be done. - Raja PetraThe Star headlined Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim's talk at Parliament as his plan to "accelerate need based policy".

The reports by NST and Malaysiakini headlined as need based NEP and affirmative action to address inequality. CNA was more direct to mention mobing away from policies favouring Bumiputera.

The policy discourse in Malaysia had always been need based versus NEP or affirmative action. Unless the term need based affirmative action exist, Anwar seem clueless and trying to please all.

Anwar is at the same juncture he was 13 years ago, where he was at a lost and not know what to do. He may repeat to take the same mistaken path and suffer disappointment.

Pak Lah assisted Anwar's release

In 2004, Pak Lah won the general election with a landslide as BN dominated 90% of the Parliamentary seats with his new broom and Mr Nice Guy image.

He took a decision to not interfere in Anwar's Federal Court appeal for a review on the guilty decision for his sodomy case.

Anwar was already in Sungai Buloh prison for abuse of power. It is likely to be the offense Tun Dr Mahathir would use to send Dato Najib to the slammer, and not for the long list of charges.

It is an offense with wide interpretation that any directive could be misconstrued abuse of power by any court. A conveniently written offense in the Penal Code to fix officials. It is an abuse of the law, but its legal.


Pak Lah's refrain allowed the Federal Court review to independently decide 2-1 to release him and Anwar was out the year Pak Lah became PM.

UMNO was furious with the release and the release became one reason for the uprising led by Mahathir against Pak Lah and his gatekeepers - Khairy, Kamaluddin, Kalimullah and for fun, Kak Endon to make it 4K.

Upon release, Anwar left for Georgetown University, Washington as so-called fellow. A Malay study graduate from University Malaya to hold teaching position?

After a year, he returned and it was believed he had planned out his political plan.

Return to UMNO


The truth is different. Anwar still harboured intention to return to UMNO. That was why Anwar attended Pak Lah's Raya open house at Kepala Batas in 2004.

This blog revealed years later that there was attempt to bring Anwar back. However, voices within UMNO were vocal against such prospect and it dashed Anwar's last hope.

Mahathir started his attack on Pak Lah in 2005. But Anwar still clueless of his politucal direction.

The struggle of Parti Keadilan Nasional was to free Anwar. Now that he is free, Anwar had no idea where to position the party.

It was in 2006 that he was advised to take up good governance and fight against corruption as their calling.

He was sceptical and viewed it as difficult to carry through without the "Malay agenda", Pak Lah's slogan at the initial part before being detoured by Khairy and Kalimullah.

To convince Anwar, he was told there was nothing wrong with NEP. Eradication of poverty cuts across all race. The problem lies with implementation and leakages.

Turn against Malay


Surprisingly Anwar took a different turn to criticise NEP.

His words, "Malaysia ini bukan Melayu punya. Malaysia ini cina yang punya, India punya...." at a political rally viral till today.

That move brought Chinese, Indian and non-Malay voters to the opposition Pakatan Rakyat.

However, many of those fighting for his reformasi cause left PKR. Quite a few rejoined UMNO and was wrongly interpreted as making the way for Anwar's return.

By the time for GE 13 campaign. Anwar upped the ante to promise Lim Kit Siang as Deputy Prime Minister.

The 2013 election was desperation time for Anwar. He was being charged for Sodomy 2 in 2008. Trial was 2011 and 2012. High Court acquited him in 2012.

The appeal was filed. By 2014, the decision was overturned by Court of Appeal. Federal Court affirmed in 2015 and he was sent to Sungai Buloh in February 2015.

Anwar was pardoned last year 2018. He is again criticising NEP but at the same floating the need for affirmatuve action.

The term is ambigous as to please everybody but it will not work. With UMNO in partnership with PAS and his quarrel with Azmin is eroding his influence in PKR, he cannot please everybody.

Without Malay votes, PKR cannot survive. He could not criticise NEP and get any Malay votes. At the same time, he cannot be seen to push away the non-Malay voters.

PKR has strong Indian presence, but it is still not sizeable enough. As far as Chinese votes, it belongs to DAP and PKR need to be seen as acceptable to DAP to secure Chinese voters.

Kit Siang offered DPM? 


In PKR, the MP supporting Azmin and indirectly, Mahathir could be more than the earlier number of 5.

Anwar may have made mistakes to offend aby  insisting those present at PKR Retreat to sign SD of support for Anwar.

It is olden days UMNO tactic.

Azmin may have gained 10 more PKR MPs to support him. With Dato Dr Ahmad Zahid announcement last week to not support DAP, Anwar response to question UMNO's phobia sounded desperate.

Mahathir may not have the numbers, but remain steady and giving perception of strength.

Amanah may pull a surprise to support Mahathir for practically appointing all MPs to Ministerial position.

Latheefa Koya's announcement to not reopen Penang Jln Pinhorn's bungalow corruption case but will do so for other closed cases could mean an olive branch offered to DAP.

Anwar has to offer more than the position of Minister of Finance to move support from Mahathir. It is likely Anwar will offer the post of Deputy Prime Minister to DAP.

As Minister of Finance, Lim Guan Eng could run havoc of the economy. With Papa as Deputy PM, nothing less than a major catastrophe bigger than earthquoake.

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