Anwar and Permatang Pauh is Like Two Peas in a Pod
Oleh Tulang Besi (http://www.malaysiawaves.com/)- Laman M@RHAEN
At this point, ensuring Anwar's reentry into Parliament
is the most patriotic thing anyone can do.
Anwar and Kak Wan has made is official. Kak Wan Azizah has resigned from her position as the MP of Permatang Pauh to give way for Anwar Ibrahim to contest in a by-election. Thus, providing Anwar Ibrahim a chance to re-enter Parliament as an MP, again.
Permatang PAuh has always been a volatile seat. PAS once won the seat in 1978 where their candidate Arwah Cikgu Zabidi contested. The seat then went to Anwar Ibrahim in 1982 after he joined UMNO under the invitation of Dr Mahathir Mohd.
But after Anwar Ibrahim was sacked and humiliated, the seat went back to the Opposition and for the last 3 elections, their MP is Kak Wan Azizah. It is one of the few Malay majority Parliamentary seats in the West Coast to have fallen to the opposition more than 3 times since Merdeka.
And Kak Wan Azizah accomplished a feat that very few Malay politician had accomplished before, she managed to win the seat as a first timer and has never been defeated since. With her resignation, she will go down in history as being an undefeated MP. Not to mention defeating Ibrahim Saad in 1999 qualifies her as a member of the "Giant Killer" club.
The release of Dr Mohammad Osman’s medical report will help a lot with the Malay electorate. They never believed the first accusation and there was no medical report for them to refer to back then. Now, with documented evidence like this, their sympathy to Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be at an all time high. The Malays calls it “Seperti Sireh Pulang ke Gagang”.
If Anwar retakes Permatang Pauh again, then that will be 4 times the seat as fallen into opposition hands since the Anwar debacle. And it marks the height of the Malay resistance to UMNO’s domination of the Malay polity. Through high and low the Permatang Pauh electorates had held their grounds and refuse to compromise their principles. They have given UMNO Permatang Pauh a bloody nose in which the blood is still running. And UMNO Permatang Pauh is looking more and more like UMNO Pengkalan Chepa, a constant loser. (Picture courtesy of Malaysiakini)
The condition now looks best for Anwar to contest in a by-election. Among the Non-Malays, the level of support for UMNO/.BN is at an all time low. UMNO, at the same time, is gearing up for their own internal elections, which means that they are heavily fragmented. The MIC is also fragmented and so is MCA. And GERAKAN is totally lost, so they cannot be too helpful for BN at this juncture.
What’s more the Penang State government is under the control of Pakatan Rakyat and that would mean the Barisan Nasional cannot use the State government apparatus to help their campaign. They will be forced to use Federal govt apparatus only for their campaign. That will take out at least 40% of Barisan Nasional’s strength for the campaign.
I never agreed to Anwar contesting in either Bandar Tun Razak or Kulim Bandar Baru. The majority in these seats are smaller than Permatang Pauh which means the BN can catch up with the gap through fraud. Being a by-election, the Barisan Nasional can concentrate all their attention and resources to the particular area and that will mean Anwar Ibrahim might now make the jump successfully.
So, it is the role of every Malaysian who cares about their country, their families and their religion to come to Permatang Pauh and help Anwar Ibrahim to return to Parliament to his rightful place.
With Anwar in Parliament, the road to a change of regime at the Federal Level could not be clearer than ever. This is necessary if we want to ensure a better future for our children.
- Tulang Besi
01.08.2008
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