1M: Rumbling to trouble...et tu BN?

Tiong's SBDP and BN BBC's Chairman is named in PKFZ

MCA is unwell

PPP has 2 Presidents

Gerakan's VP (Huan Cheng Guan) says he's leaving

4 is not a good number to Chinese. 13 is also not a good number for English. If we have 4 out of 13, both being "unlucky" numbers, what will that bring? Does 2 bad numbers gives an "ong" number?

1. It's calm on the surface but simmering underneath. It's going to erupt soon but where is the softest spot? Where will it erupts first?
2. BN, Malaysia's ruling party, is made up of 13 component parties. 13? Yes 13, Pak Lah's favourite number when SAPP withdrew from BN on 17th September 2008.
3. Out of these 13 component parties, 4 is rumbling into trouble.
   
4. First up is SBDP (Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party). It's treasurer, Tiong King Sing happens to control 70 % of Wijaya Baru Holdings Sdn Bhd (WBHSB), a construction and reclaimation company involved in PKFZ. There is nothing wrong for politicians to own shares in companies. But WBHSB's subsidiary, KDSB, may have conflicet of interest in the possible RM12.4 B project.
5. The issue becomes hotter because Ting happens to be the current BN's Backbenchers club's chairman. If Ting is found guilty of conflict of interest, it is going to affect BN. MACC has been handed a copy of PKFZ's audit report, prepared by PWC. MACC has to prove that they are free to investigate. Will BN respond by restraining their elected reps from being active in companies? BN management committee may need to look seriously into this issue.
6. One of Perikatan's and BN's co-founder is also showing signs of internal bickering. MCA, the party that saved Tun M when UMNO was first de-registered in the 80's is having its own problems.
7. It has been an open secret that OTK does not see eye to eye with his deputy, CSL. In fact, SCL is not considered during the latest cabinet reshuffle. MCA's number 2 has been sidelined. Is it wrong then, if CSL studies his options including joining PR? BN has appointed CSL as BN co-ordinator in PR-led states. Is that the best BN can offer CSL? Will that appointment buy CSL's loyalty to BN?
8. It should be noted that there is growing dissatisfaction against OTK, including in Johor, MCA's stronghold state. If CSL leaves BN for PR and Johor MCA cross over, can MCA survive GE 13? Can BN survive ?
9. Next to step in is PPP, the party who was once Perak's kingmaker during its heydays. Now, it has 2 Presidents. Both claim legitimacy, both claimed to represent PPP. So, who is the legally correct President?
10. Najib is torn between the 2 Presidents. Can he afford to offend any of them?
    
11. Up north, Gerakan is set to lose few hardened members. Gerakan's VP is set to leave the party. His time frame? Within the next 3 weeks. His reasons? inconceivable differences.
12. Gerakan's VP, Huan Cheng Guan, however indicated he is willing to meet Koh Tsu Koon and Najib to discuss his move.
13. There you have it. 4 component parties in BN is rumbling to trouble. Individually, their trouble may be easy to resolve. Collectively, it proves that BN is sick to the core. It's getting cancerous and contagious.
14. Will MIC follow suit? Will MIC split, comes September 2009?
15. Najib may be running out of options soon. If BN component parties are rumbling to trouble, there is every possibility that Najib has no hoice but to call for snap election. Will that happen?
16. PR needs to strengthened their ranks. PKR, the weakest link needs to fortify its party fast.
17. Above all, the real kingmakers ie the voters are assessing the situation. May the better coalition wins...

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1 M 2 PPP : Any which way but loose...

King or President Murugiah?

1. Barely a week ago. T Murugiah was expelled from People's Progressive Party (PPP) with 6 others. On 24th May 2009, T Murugiah is "elected" as President of PPP. Is PPP aping MIC when Samy Vellu ousted the late Pandithan?
   
2. How can this happen? More so PPP is a component party of BN. Will Malaysia see 2 PPP? PPP (K) lead by M Kayveas and PPP (M) led by T Murugiah. If that happens, Malaysia is going India's way when India has 2 Indian National Congress (INC) where one is known as New Congress and the other is known as INC (O).
   
3. Let's try to understand what happen...
4. It is understood that 1,762 delegates attended a specially-arranged emergency meeting in Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) where they passed a resolution to appoint T Murugiah as PPP's president.
5. How can they proceed with the emergency meeting when the real President and his committee members were not informed of the meeting? Is this the PPP way?
   
6. The current PPP youth chief was said to be in PICC and has asked PPP proper to remove him from the post on the pretext that he is not healthy.
   
7. Can they do that? Is it pre-planned? Why PICC? And why were there policemen at the meeting? It looks too good to be an ad-hoc meeting...
   
8. After this it will be a race to the ROS and see who gets there first. Who will submit what,? Who wants what? And most important, which group will be recognised by ROS as the official PPP?
   
9. Accepted that M Kayveas may not see eye to eye with T Murugiah but the way the resolution is passed is pure absurd. If any Tom, Dick and Harry can do that, what will stop others to follow their footsteps and oust the leaders of UMNO, PAS, PKR, DAP, MIC etc?
10. What is more damaging is T Murugiah is a deputy minister in the PM's department. If he is behind the move, then how should PM 6 reacts? After all, M Kayveas is still the legal president of PPP.
11. If PM6 recognise M Kayveas as PPP's president, then it is time for him to sack T Murugiah as T Murugiah is a part-less man. If PM6 accepts Murugiah as the installed PPP's president then he is telling Kayveas to buzz off. Which is PM6's way?
    
12. Will this leads to 2 PPPs? One lead by M Kayveas, the other by T Murugiah.
    
13. More than that, is this a pre-planned move by both M Kayveas and T Murugiah? Since PPP do not know whether to remain in BN or to climb on board PR, the best way is to go for both thus 2 PPP.
14. Any which way GE 13 goes, PPP has their names there.
15. If PM6 stick to M kayveas over T Murugiah, then the latter has to resign as deputy minister. If PM6 choose Murugiah, Kayveas better makes a fast move to PR.
16. Kayveas is feeling the heat now. Maybe, that's what you get when you call others as "monkeys in a cage". And if you do not know what that is all about, you can always ask the ever helpful Vell Paari. Who know you might end with a luxury car and nice apartment, courtesy of Vell Paari...
    
17. Then again, KS Nallakarupan of MIUP is acting more BN than BN. MIUP is still not admitted in BN but KS Nalla is blasting opposition party leaders. Is BN kicking PPP out to make way for MIUP? Here, in Malaysia, any which way is possible but loose...
18. By the way, when Nalla blasted opposition party leaders, he is actually blasting UMNO, MCA, MIC, PPP, PAS, DAP, PKR. The only few parties not involved are MIUP, IPF etc because they are not a component of either BN and PR where BN is opposition in PR-held states and PR is opposition in BN held states.
19. In a way, KS Nalla is blasting his own party - oh..what a guy...
    

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Clamouring for Indian's support : MIC, PPP, IPF, MUIP and

1. First, there is MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) formed in 1946. Next come PPP (People Progressive Party) formed in 1953 followed by IPF (Indian Progressive Front) then MIUP (Malaysian Indian United Party) and now MMSP (Malaysian Makkal Sakhti Party).

2. Looking at the number of Indian based parties, one may think that Indians make up a sizeable population in Malaysia. However, a quick look into factbook indicated that Indians make up of only 7 % of 25.7 million ie. 1.8 million of the total population.

3. Assuming that 70 % of them are within the voting age bracket, that will be 1.2 millions. Cutting down further and assuming that 70 % (that is a very high figure) are active members to political parties, that will be 840,000.

4. Now, MIC claimed that their membership stands at 630,000. That leaves 210,000 active members shared within the balance 4 Indian based parties.Wooaa! That comes to approximately slightly above 50,000 per party. And yet, IPF claimed that they have 380,000 members.

5. Although PPP claimed that they are a multi-racial party, PPP's core supporters are Indians. That said, unless the Indians are multi-party practitioners, it's getting crowded for Indian based political parties.

6. The latest boy in town, MMSP, whose party got its registration approved last week will have a lot of catching up to do. First, it has to come out of the original Makkal Sakhti movement and made clear that Makkal Sakhti movement of Waymoorthy is not the same as Thanenthiran's MMSP. Second, Thanenthiran should be seen fighting for the Indians and not for his own political survival. For the record, Thanenthiran unsuccessful lobby to be PKR's candidate for Bukit Selambau led him to leave Makkal Salkhti proper to form his own political party.

7. Thanen's statements sounded like a sore loser. Rejected as Bukit Selambau, he is pinning his hopes on "Makkal Sakhti"'s slogan. So far, he has not offered anything different. His indication is that he is unhappy with PR.

8. Whatever it is, it is too crowded in there. The cake is small and the players are one too many. Someone will soon bite the dust. And before doing so, that someone is hoping to score big with BN. Maybe, some cash in line in return for short temporary fame on Penanti's stage?

9. Thanen can do it, Nalla can do better. Both of them combined can shave few millions from BN's rich coffers. Samy cannot do it, Kayveas can only think about it since both of them are already in BN's payroll. IPF? Still in limbo rock....

10. In the end, who will the Indians turn to in Penanti? BN or PR? Maybe Waymoorthyu will show the way....

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