Of wobbly budget 2021...

 

 

Abah Din is not getting it easy...  

All eyes on budget 2021. YDPA openly request politicians to work together to support budget 2021. It is not a carte blanche. Abah Din and his Finance Minister must earn it meaning they must come up with a reasonable budget workable, doable, practical in tune with pandemic COVID 19.

Monday 9th November indicate MPs may have the last say in passing budget 2021. Anwar Ibrahim, as opposition leader, blasted budget 2021 for being unreal, insensitive to the rakyats. He had his reasons...

Tuesday 11th November is Najib's turn as Chairman of BBC. He too pointed out the flaws of budget 2021 and he ended his speech with conditions :-

1. Withdrawal of one-off RM 10,000 from EPF instead of RM 500 per month for the next 12 months;
2. Automatic 6 month extension of loan moratorium;

Najib has his points. Something that abah Din need to consider seriously now that Najib declare BN's conditional support for budget 2021. It must be noted that without Najib's (read : Zahid and Co) BN, abah Din has only 50 MPs behind him since PAS has turn abah Din's lapdog.

It is sad to see some novice politicians who are syiok sendiri putting their wrong foot forward hen Najib delivers his views on budget 2021. Maria Chin is an example of this. Of course not everyone is happy with Najib roaming the parliament eventhough he was found guilty in court for his 1MDB cases. At the same time, we have to respect the court's decision to allow bail and to allow Najib to appeal his conviction. It is slow and it is tedious but we have to respect the court's decision. Walking off the parliament floor is the not the answer nor is it the best response available for Maria Chin.

On the other hand, it must be noted that abah Din needs Najib's support in parliament and if the court so decides that Najib's residence address is change to Sg Buloh,then abah Din will definitely lose his fragile so-called majority.

The other parliamentarian in this syiok sendiri category is RSN Nayer of Jelutong. He took all available opportunity to heckle Najib and to me. that is unnecessary. Nayer may have personal problems with BN but that should not spill whilst Najib is debating budget 2021. 

Nayer may be short sighted in his thinking. He should know that abah Din's PMship is surviving on borrowed times. That said, that is every opportunity that a parlimentarian vote of "confidence" or "non-confidence" will be called in the near future. That means, each vote counts. That also means if Nayer finds himself at the wrong end off the stick and get himself suspended, then it is his and his fault alone if abah Din clings to his PMship.

Another concerned voice on budget 2021 comes from Tun M. Love him or hate him, his view are important and carry some weights. He pointed out :-

1. The deficit is said to be about 85 billion Ringgit. It is bigger than the development budget of 69 billion;
2.  Income and corporate tax would amount to less than 2/3 of the normal figures during normal times;
3.  No inflow of investment funds in 2021;
4.  Estimated Government debt increase to 1.3 trillion;

In simplified words, Tun M is worried budget 2021 is too good to be true.

In coming days, maybe we will hear from Tg Razaleigh, Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang and if all of them is nervous with budget 2021, then we all should be... Forget about PAS as they are now too deeply entrenched in their dreams...

Me? I think abah Din better pay heed to what these bigwigs say. They have their points and they have their concern. All wants a better Malaysia but budget 2021 is too flimsy and too wishful thinking. It shows that Finance Minister is not doing his job but more to wet the appetites of the few politicians who want to keep their cabinet post, starting from abah din closely followed by Azmin.

It is time for Anwar, Tun M, BN (read : UMNO) and DAP to shed their pride and individually work collectively to defeat budget 2021. Budget 2021 needs major amendments.. and that amendment should be for the benefit of the people, not for fulfilling the lust of those few power-crazy politicians . Boleh atau tidak?

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

Read More

Of riding in... the waterway style

A little bird from the north has warned and foreseen that the present political manouvers is just a rumble of things to come. The end is nowhere near... it is just an illusion... 

Politicians will take advantage of whatever situations befall them. Right now, lets forget about Anwar Ibrahim and his never ending quest to be PM. Many in UMNO circles has write him off. The problem with Anwar is he is a victim of his own obsession and saying that, Anwar can be easily manipulated by his enemies. This is not the first time... nor will it be the last time Anwar will fall repeatedly into the same trap as long as he could not keep his obsession to be PM in check.

Anwar, as former UMNO youth chief, should have a commandable position, now that he is fully pardoned. Back in early 1990's, Anwar and his fresh crop of youth leaders lead Team Wawasan  show Ghaffar Baba that "old is no vintage", sending the old man to pasture.

3o years on, Anwar's assistants of 1993 matured leaders on their own rights and 2 of them pipped Anwar to be PM. Yes, they are PM 6 and PM8. In fact, PM8, abah Din, becomes his fiercest competitor. That can be said another day... Latest : Is there any particular reason why UMNO is leaning on Anwar these days? Is it possible that Anwar is calling his former henchmen in UMNO for support to his never-ending quest to beome PM?

Lately, there is another twist when little by little, the real players reveal their cards. Many blamed Azmin for the Sheraton move and he did wrote a poem on it... maybe to justify the end.

Hishamuddin with his baggage is works behind the spotlight and now slowly shows his fangs. He is not one person to be ignored as he happens to be the son of Hussein Onn and maybe have a few scores to setlle with Tun M.

With Hishamuddin outside UMNO supreme council but at the same time appointed Federal minister in PN, it is best for Hishamuddin to report to abah Din for his survival. That means Hishamuddin is not binded bt UMNO supreme council and may be leading a double life in return to his political life. It may well be correct if Hishamuddin teaming with Azmin and may be the duo who will force abah Din resigning on health basis.

Najib Razak will not be the stumbling block to Azmin-Hishamuddin combo as he too may benefitted from the relationship. Afterall, Hishamuddin is Najib's cousin and they say blood is thicker than water. Latest : On top of that, it seems that Najib Razak is somehow interconnected with Azmin through marriage. Apparently, Najib's son is married to iron lady's daughter and one of her offspring is married to Azmin's. Small world in politics!!! Najib may be given a lifeline with Azmin-Hishamuddin combo...

The northern little bird warned me that if Hishamuddin get his way, we are doomed... als, he refuse to elaborate further.

Me? Hishamuddin may come through the waterway when all eyes are looking to the sky and scour the ground. I would prefer PH to get his power back and govern Malaysia until 2023 and let the rakyat choose who they prefer for GE 15. 2018 has shown that the rakyat has chosen PH over BN and thus any shift of power from PH is just not right...

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

Read More

Of UMNO's blanks, BERSATU's dilemma and...

Historical... a sitting PM got his economic emergency proposal turned down and peeling his onion skins, still refuse to step down in dignity...

The past few days have been revealing. It shows the real state of Malaysia politics and politicians put selves above nations. They will pounce on whatever opportunities they have to propel themselves to reach their political heights. All done at the expense of the people. In many ways, it reminds me of animal farm and Ninenteen eigthy four.

When I mentioned the week before about small birds twitter that something big is going to happen last week, it did happen. However, the ending prediction was a bit off...

Daulat Tuanku... menjujung kasih. YDPA did it right when his majesty called on his ruler brothers to discuss and decide on Abah Din's economic emergency proposal. The council of Rulers make the right decision to flatly reject Abah Din's proposal.

Abd Kadir Jasin is right to interpret when he mentioned Abah |Din's shaky position. Actually, it is not only him but the entire cabinet. Here, BERSATU youth shows that they are really wet nehind the ears in claiming "ÍF IT IS NOT BROKEN, WHY FIX IT". The truth is - it is broken beyond repair...

UMNO, being an opportunist party since day One, puts additional pressure to Abah Din. Alas, being an opportunist party translates into having opportunist party leaders - and that clearly shows in UMNO's supreme council meeting. This is where Abah Din tried to take advantage when someone from his camp claims that Abah Din is waiting for UMNO's DPM pick. Is it necessary? Abah Din is playing for time and UMNO is baying for blood.

Who is DPM calibre in UMNO? Right now, Zahid is the head assisted by Tok Mat NS and supported by Ismail Sabri, Khaled Nordin and Mahdzir Khalid. Honestly, not a good crop this time around. For the sake of Abah Din's vacant DPM post, I will say Zahid Hamidi is UMNO's automatic choice. Yes, he has court cases pending but as they say in court - you are innocent until proven guilty.  Now, that should be interesting. I hope UMNO just give 1 name and that name is Zahid Hamidi and let Abah Din sweat more. Why? Simple... an MP will not be disqualified from his position as long as he is not fined more than a certain amount or sent to jail. Zahid Hamidi is not undergoing any of the two possibilities.. meaning he is still a free man.

With UMNO pushing Zahid as DPM, abah Din has a lot of soul searching to do. If Zahid is found guilty, UMNO's will cease supporting his already frail government and abah Din needs to resign. BUT, if Zahid is cleared of all charges then the rakyat will think that abah Din may influence the judiciary to act on Zahid's favour and that is not a good GE15 material. Further, if Zahid is innocent, then abah Din has an additional dagger behind him, ready to given abah Din the final plunge.

Tok Mat NS is free of court cases BUT he needs to be first appointed as senator before he can be DPM. That, in reality is easier said than done.. knowing Azmin and Hamzah will be putting all sorts of roadblocks along the way. For UMNO's VPs, their road to DPM will be extremely difficult and thorny with Azmin and Hamzah in abah Din's inner circle.

Hishamuddin Hussein? That will be a good case study. He dream of DPM post but he is not in UMNO's supreme council... that said, will he be breaking UMNO's unwritten rule on hierachy and seniority?

Most of all... can UMNO stand Azmin's constant politicking and Hamzah's continual bitching if UMNO ever get DPM post?

Or is UMNO firing blanks now and abah Din finally realise that UMNO has liost its bite? Even so, BERSATU cannot be banking on turncoat Azmin as DPM. Catch 22 for abah Din.

For now,abah Din may survive 2021 budget voting but it will not be sweet victory. Abah Din is on borrowed time and his option is running out. 

Me? I say give the power back to PH and let them run the show. Come GE 15, we the rakyat will decide again...can't the politicians do that? The rakyat is now saying #rakyatjagarakyat# because politicians are not caring for the rakyats... what politicians want is fattening their purse, at all cost.

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

Read More