Pak Lah is stepping down come June 2010. Hallelujah? Well, it depends. On the one hand, we're going to have a new Prime Minister who isn't a sleepwalker. On the other hand, this same guy is notoriously given the nickname C4 by bloggers, allegedly involved in a Mongolian murder, and was once critisized when he vowed to bath the keris with Chinese blood.
In my opinion, compared to Abdullah, Najib has got more brutal baggage. And not to mention, his pear-shaped S.O. Just looking at her give me the creeps. Imagining her becoming 2nd lady (1st lady is Her Majesty Tuanku Nur Zahirah) is simply too much.
Abdullah announcing his retreat and make way for a new PM, to me is the right move. He finally gets the strong message post March 8, that the rakyat has lost confidence in his leadership. From a 90% landslide victory back in 2004 and it finally came to this, who would've imagine.
What I wonder is, why wait for another 2 years? Why not now? In this upcoming Umno General Election in December 2008, Pak Lah could easily take the back seat, and let Najib fight amongst the likes of Muhyiddin Yassin, Tengku Razaleigh or Ali Rustam for the President's chair. I mean, 2 years is a long time, anything could happen. Hell, we are only 4 months past the GE, and quite an eventful 4 months it has been. And with Pakatan Rakyat's promise of taking over the Federal government this September, Najib's day of becoming PM in 2010 may not materialize.
Could it be that Pak Lah isn't really keen on making Najib his successor, thus giving a 2-year period just to buy time, and hoping that something would happen within these 2 years that will prevent Najib from becoming PM? Who knows, Pak Lah may have his own choice for the next Prime Minister. Remember Team A, Team B anyone?
On the flip side, with the current catfight going on between Najib an DSAI, maybe now is not the best time for Pak Lah to let go his seat to Najib. Not to mention the scandals upon scandals which keeps turning up these past few weeks. For sure, Najib's popularity among Malaysians, and among Umno members in particular, have deteriorated these days.
So the best move is to delay the transfer of power to June 2010, when most Malaysian have already forgot what happened in 2008. Melayu kan mudah lupa?
Whatever the reason, I hope this day will never happen. Who would want a guy nicknamed C4 for Prime Minister? And may I remind you, this is not C4 the Citroen model. I'll take that C4 anyday...
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This announcement is clearly to indicate no need to challenge and have any party elections la as I will pass the baton in 2010...I'll get 2 years to plan for another round of extension...Najib has no choice but to agree now as he's not in a good position to disagree with his high profile case on-going....who says Pak Lah is stupid.....no point of having Umno election in Dec, Najib, Ku Li and Muhyiddin's threat solved and barried at least for another 2 years....bijak, bijak....
usually, whoever wins the umno president seat will become pm. in this case, its very undemocratic of pak lah to name najib as his successor, which is not done via proper umno general election. also, remember dymm need to give consent as well...
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