Terengganu revisited : Of the duped and the big headed...

The man who would be MB

Terengganu politicians are a funny lot. That's my impression of Terengganu politicians post 2008. How can 3 elected reps duped by a clerk? First there was rumblings about the vote of no confidence to Ahmad Said. Then followed by SMS death threats to 3 elected reps who in turn has undivided symphathy from 7 of their colleagues which then turned out to be 18 out of 24 BN elected reps.

From thereon, the 18 churned out accusations of Ahmad Said's shortcomings including that of appointing ambulance driver and teachers to GLCs'. What is wrong in appointing them to head the GLCs' if they are honest, sincere, performing and meeting the KPIs' set out by the state? Terengganu has its shares of "well and over qualified" people helming the GLCs' and in the end these are the same people who rob the coffers dry.

One of the 3 duped rep, Abdul Halim Jusoh, came out with a "not so clever" statement that the division heads are not involved with the political crisis. Hello! the division heads represent the members aspiration and the elected reps are there because of the political members, not because of their capability and ability. If Abd Halim is adamant that he is there because of his popularity, please step down and see whether he is as popular as when he is the elected rep. For all purpose and intent, he can even resign his post and see how he fare when he stands as an independent. He might even lost his deposit.

Back to the clerk who duped the 3 elected rep. He must be another McGyver, able to clone SIM card, manage to dupe the 3 elected rep and almost singlehandedly brought down the Terengganu state government. And for that, Ahmad Said should be offering him to head one of Terengganu's GLCs'. With his creativity, that GLC will be raking in profits - huge profits.

The 2nd duped rep, Rosol Wahid, used to be the UMNO state secretary. If he is easily being duped by a clerk, see how vulnerable and fragile Rosol Wahid is. In 2008, he has openly declare that he will be vacating his seat if Idris Jusoh is not reappointed as the Terengganu MB. Well, Idris Jusoh is not reappointed, where is Rosol's resignation letter? If a man's reputation is on his actions and deeds, what reputation do Rosol has when he can't even honour his own declaration? And yet, this is the man who thinks he is MB material...

The wannabe MB

Even if the 18 managed to oust Ahmad Said, the hidden hand in Federal will work hard to get his man appointed as the next MB of Terengganu...and that person is

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Terengganu : It's monsoon season...

Time to go, Ahmad Said

Monsoon season is normally over by Chap Goh Mei, the last day of Lunar New Year. For those living by the seashores of South East Asia, that will be the day to avoid the rough seas. Common beliefs say that the sea gods are angry during the time and will need human sacrifice...

That, my friends, is the myth making its rounds every time poor souls lost their lives in the choppy waters off Terengganu shores. Now, another sacrifice of sorts is needed in Terengganu, not for the sea gods but for political stability.

It started with a whisper here, whisper there. Then it propagate into silent hush hush amongst friends, later it evolve into backroom talks in family gatherings before emerging as the worst kept public secret.

Anticipating that a vote of no confidence will be tabled during the state assembly seating to oust him, Ahmad Said has warned his BN colleagues that strict action will be taken against those who support the motion. 10 BN state reps did not turn up on the second day of state assembly seating. Their reason? 3 of them received live threathening sms threats and subsequently file police reports.

The funny side of the story is the 10, were found holed up in a hotel in Kuala Terengganu. Normally, a person under threat will look for secluded place to hide but no, not in Kuala Terengganu.

Step in, 1 Malaysia PM, Najib Tun Razak. The PM instructed the 10 to attend the final day of teh assembly meeting. And yes, like cows pulled by their horns, all the 10 attended the assembly meeting.

Fast forward few days. After separate meeting with Najib, Muuhyiddin, Idris Jusoh and Ahmad Said, the 10 came out with guns blazing accussing Ahmad Said of sidestepping them in their constituencies. To spice things up, the 10 played up issues of mass TCS (Terengganu Civil Servants) transfers, all 67 of them, untimely sacking and termination et al. These are one of the issues that brings Idris Jusoh down. It is a replay of sorts.

How close is Ahmad Said in losing his job? Well, for one, he cancelled his working trip to Russia and Ukraine where he is supposed to lead the trip today.

Adding more pressure, the 10 state reps has receive support from another 8 of their colleagues, making 18 state reps going against Ahmad's 6 supporters. Another 8 state reps are from opposition party, PAS. If this trend continues, Ahmad Said will see himself out of the MB's office doors.

The first UMNO supreme council meeting schedued on 24th April 2009 will be Ahmad's make or break. If, by chance, Najib choose other than Ahmad as Terengganu UMNO state chief, it will be all over for Ahmad. As it stands, there is high possibility that Ahmad will be forced down soon. And when that happens, it's not Idris nor Rosol who will helm the state.

Rumours has it that the person earmarked by Najib to be the next Terengganu MB is a greenhorn, friendly to Najib. Maybe that greenhorn will kow tow gratefully to Najib and more than willing to surrender the expected RM 600 million plus royalty money.

When that happens, penyu menangis lagi di Terengganu...

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are... Read More